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as in pulses
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
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as in defeats
failure to win a contest
took a beating and ended up in second place
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Recent Examples of beatings
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Former detainees and human rights organizations have documented systematic torture and severe abuses inside the facility, including beatings, electric shocks, suspension by limbs, prolonged stress positions and other degrading treatment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The morality police patrol streets and other public areas looking for violators, who face arrest, fines, beatings, or detention.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Salaam recalls violent confrontations — tear gas, beatings and even police motorcycles driven into crowds.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
In interviews with Fox News Digital, three former detainees described a system designed not just to punish dissent, but to break it through solitary confinement, beatings, medical neglect and threats of execution.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But after a special prosecutor investigated beatings at the hands of Chicago police, the Illinois Appellate Court ordered a hearing on Wrice’s torture claim.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Among other things, the indictment accuses Maduro and his wife of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money or undermined their drug trafficking operation.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Former detainees and human rights organizations have documented systematic torture and severe abuses inside the facility, including beatings, electric shocks, suspension by limbs, prolonged stress positions and other degrading treatment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The morality police patrol streets and other public areas looking for violators, who face arrest, fines, beatings, or detention.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Salaam recalls violent confrontations — tear gas, beatings and even police motorcycles driven into crowds.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
In interviews with Fox News Digital, three former detainees described a system designed not just to punish dissent, but to break it through solitary confinement, beatings, medical neglect and threats of execution.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But after a special prosecutor investigated beatings at the hands of Chicago police, the Illinois Appellate Court ordered a hearing on Wrice’s torture claim.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Among other things, the indictment accuses Maduro and his wife of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money or undermined their drug trafficking operation.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatings
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These features cannot be made by a single star that pulses and ejects material periodically; that would simply lead to a smooth distribution of matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even the background of Mario’s world pulses with life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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The night was young, the start of a grueling journey to back-to-back defeats in the Lakers’ penultimate game before the All-Star break.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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For much of 2025, their doldrums felt much worse than the typical rough patch that parties endure after bad election defeats.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The one-time grant aims to offset losses from the federal government’s decision to block Medicaid reimbursements that previously covered more than 80% of clinic patient visits.—
Katie King,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Both losses occurred at home, where the Tigers are 9-4.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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This earnings season, Europe's biggest pharma companies posted results ranging from 7% beats to 3% misses — but no one really cared.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the textures also start to get too uniformly shadowy, the beats too stiff.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Preparing in advance is the best way to avoid setbacks.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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The United States team of Minnesotans Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin suffered its first setbacks of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday, defeated 6-4 by Great Britain and 6-5 in an extra end by South Korea in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy.—
Duluth News Tribune,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Beatings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatings. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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