Beat
Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.
Swept
Both words in one sentence
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Opposing Sports Team: In Pixie Hollow Games, the Storm Fairies Glimmer and Rumble are the team to beat, having swept the competition for four years straight and earning four champion rings.
Source: Franchise / Disney Fairies - They made it back to the Finals in 2013, only to get swept by the Minnesota Lynx who beat them in 2011.
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out -
Despite some teasing hints that went nowhere, some mildly heelish decisions and a couple of feuds (including one where Edge actually beat up the laptop), his identity was never revealed and the whole thing was quietly swept under the rug in October 2011 when Triple H took over.
Source: Wrestling / WWE Raw
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