he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
took a beating and ended up in second place
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has arrested one man and is searching for another after the brutal beating of a 27-year-old off-duty officer during a robbery in the Bronx early Saturday.—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025 He was then bound by the wrists and subjected to beatings, electric shock and a hit to the head from a gun.—Mark Crudele, ABC News, 27 May 2025 One such incident was a brutal beating at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016, which was caught on surveillance video and partly released to the public last year.—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025 And luckily, a lot of the stunts are in the car, so the car has to take the beating.—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for beating
Word History
Etymology
Middle English betynge, from gerund of beten "to beat entry 1"
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