[Ads-l] "unbeaten" = "once beaten"

[Joel Berson]

"Jamaica is unbeaten in seven of its last eight Gold Cup matches ...".

An equally undefeated team could be "unbeaten in one of its last eight matches."


Presumably "has won" is too simple for an AP correspondent.  [Boston Globe, today.]


Joel

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