| This rests on the bizarre idea that he was bested by his old sparring partner. |
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| In opposition, he took the scalps of many ministers and in government he was rarely bested. |
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| She'd only been a member of the guard for six days, but already had bested some higher ranking guards in practices. |
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| Over the years, I have seen him tested thrice, and thrice has he been bested by this simple and inexpensive item. |
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| But this crabbed, Hobbesian spirit of social Darwinism has been bested before, and we can overcome it again. |
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| Verizon doesn't want to be bested by Qwest, an upstart fiber jockey that once dared to buy a Baby Bell. |
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| They did not like being bested, but it was precisely his obstinate redamancy that kept them going in all its forms. |
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| The Soviet Union then fielded a huge army that had bested the Wehrmacht and was fully capable of gobbling up large chunks of Western Europe. |
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| And it's not a bad idea to put in somebody who, at least in the campaign, has bested him often. |
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| He continues to cheek his betters, even after he has bested them. |
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| The man finally bested him and pulled out an ancient pistol, pushing it against Lazarus's mackinaw cap to blow his head off. |
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| He has bested rancors, gundarks, Mandalorians and even a Jedi in single combat. |
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| On both occasions, they bested the prize winners of the most prestigious choral contests in Europe. |
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| More specifically, the portfolio bested the benchmark index by 630 basis points. |
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| The Patriots had bested the Giants in the last game of the regular season but they would not be able to do so again. |
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| Bryk came in third, but he notes with pride that he bested the coal scuttle helmet man in his home county. |
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| Ancient empires were accustomed to reshaping the religious identities of those they bested in war. |
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| The Iron Lady actress bested frontrunner Viola Davis, who seemed a shoo-in for her turn in The Help. |
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| Undeterred, Charlie Brown almost leads his friends to victory, only to be bested by snoopy and Woodstock. |
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| Anthony placed second at the event being bested only by veteran Laser sailor Clay Johnston. |
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| But he bested Salmond in the first crucial TV debate between them. |
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| With Gladstone conducting a massive speaking campaign, his Liberals bested Disraeli's Conservatives in the 1880 election. |
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| Besides, Oceanus appears as a representative of the archaic world that Heracles constantly threatened and bested. |
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| As such, the Suda identifies Oceanus and Tethys as the parents of the two Kerkopes, whom Heracles also bested. |
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| Now I am a very competitive person on every front and I did not want to be bested by anyone around that fire, especially the owner of the cube as he was not the fastest thinker in the West. |
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| The Rossoneri bested Benfica with the same team which had beaten Liverpool in the final last May, with the exception of Kakha Kaladze who came in for Paolo Maldini. |
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| Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC's leader and the man who bested Mr Mugabe in the first round in March, was detained by the police for nine hours on June 4th while on the campaign trail. |
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| This wine has competed with the best cabernet sauvignons in the world and has bested them for years. |
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| The Mughal empire, which was descended from the Mongol Khanate, was bested by the upcoming Maratha Confederacy. |
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| In division B, Leblanc School bested Irénée-Lussier 3-2 in the final. |
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| Below the border were five teams that undergone 3-game playoff wherein the Pin Raker bested Pin Rockers Thunder Balls, Amri Team and Scratchers. |
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| Costa Rica managed to keep alive their sparkling perfect record of six wins from six games when they bested El Salvador 3-1 at the Cuscatlan in San Salvador. |
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| Its record of 1,362 performances was bested in 1892 by Charley's Aunt. |
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| With enough holds, throws and body slams to impress even a World Wrestling Entertainment fan, Wenger bested his competition, finishing with 79 out of a possible 80 points. |
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| In the Battle of the Colline Gate at the very door of the city of Rome, a Roman army under Sulla bested an army of the Marius supporters and entered the city. |
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