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is bested

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To surpass in skill or achievement.

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Now sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is bested by Trolls.

Denis screws up his courage to declare his love to a flirtatious maidservant but is bested by a Jewish geologist.

Similar fates befall Tony Bennett, as he loses the spotlight on stage to Tanqueray, and the model Iman, who is bested for a photo shoot.

It is bested by the juicy fried shrimp with a crunchy cornmeal crust, which in turn is bested by a crab cake that may not be Italian but could serve as a model, its golden exterior giving way at the touch of the fork to reveal fat chunks of rich flesh that slip into a shallow splash of champagne sauce.

That result is bested only by the materials sector, which has fallen 4 percent from the same period a year earlier, and is outperforming industrials, real estate and consumer products by a wide margin.

Even the sourest Scrooge or Grinch would have to smile at the finale, when the witch is bested (and basted) and the stage suddenly fills with her revived victims: a beaming bevy of children in dapper folk-tale costume.

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