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Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski gives up two home runs and Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski holds the Dodgers’ big hitters at bay in Milwaukee’s 4-1 victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But if success was ever going to come for the Buccos, it would have to hinge on their generational ace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Runner-up Rybakina had one ace and four double faults, hitting just 13 winners and making 23 unforced errors in total.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“It was deliberately designed this way, so that they have this ace card in their back pocket if there’s an accident,” Justin King, Benton’s lawyer, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Luckily, he had another ace up his sleeve.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Not everybody aces every Advanced Placement exam, though overwhelmingly they pass the state’s standardized tests, and according to Success Academy every graduate in recent years has been accepted to a four-year college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

If he teams up with Jacob Misiorowski or Chris Sale in a five-game divisional round they could face three games against aces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

But Draper restored his lead immediately and his serve, which has looked impressive upon his return, saw him through the opener with back-to-back aces.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Three of these,” Lefty said, showing three aces, and the men started to grumble.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

SoFi Stadium aced the physical infrastructure with working elevators, wheelchair escorts and accessible seating with clear sightlines on every level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Crucially, the United States aced its only chance to make a first impression, kicking off this colossal World Cup it’s co-hosting with Mexico and Canada with a 4-1 victory over Paraguay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

They placed him on a track for software development after he aced the exams to get into an elite middle school that fed to a top university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Hazel also aced her National 5 exams, and as a young leader with her local Scout troop she was recognised by the Chief Scout with an Unsung Hero award.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

He’s the most agile person I’ve ever met—he should have aced his Trial’s physical.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Meanwhile he brags about acing three different cognitive tests in the last year.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

For years, high-schoolers have boasted in college applications about learning Latin, leading the chess club or acing Advanced Placement Physics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

He rose fast and steep - acing trials for Kent, London and the South East and England Counties - excelling at every level.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

“Bragging about acing a cognitive test while forgetting the name of the doctor who gave it to you is like writing on a résumé that you speak three languages and misspelling the word ‘languages.’”

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

We both ended up acing the test, but that episode kind of took the excitement out of climbing and pilfering tests and pretty much everything else.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx