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world beat

American

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, native forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.

Etymology

Origin of world beat

First recorded in 1985–90

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Boulter, ranked 126 in the world, beat 21-year-old Snigur 7-5 6-3 after becoming the highest ranked player in Britain when she reached the semi-finals of the Surbiton Trophy last week.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023

A Qatari pair that is ranked No. 1 in the world beat Nick Lucena and 2008 gold medalist Phil Dalhausser 14-21, 21-19, 15-11 in the first round of knockout play.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

Brazil's Guilherme Toldo, ranked just 66th in the world, beat No. 2 Yoki Ota of Japan 15-13 to advance to the round of 16.

From US News ● Aug. 7, 2016

His most surprising victory over Federer was his first, coming in the 2004 Olympics when the then unseeded 18-year-old Berdych, ranked 74th in the world, beat the World No1 Swiss in the second round.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2015

But within these forms of the older world beat for the first time the spirit which was to characterize the new.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard

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