Beats
Beats noun - A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).
Switches
Both words in one sentence
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The reversed rotation switches Ice and Flame, as follows: Thunder beats Flame beats Ice (though Ice doesn't always affect Thunder).
Source: Fire, Ice, Lightning -
Charley switches his racket from his left to his right and gruesomely beats the mayor.
Source: I Am Not Left-Handed -
At this point Alanna switches to her left hand, beats him in short order, and delivers a "Reason You Suck" Speech.
Source: Literature / Song of the Lioness
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Switches or Beats. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beats/switches.
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