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“I think we’ve got the best talent in the league,” Yankees ace Cam Schlittler said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Dodgers are batting .215 through the first two games of the NLDS, with the Atlanta Braves scheduled to pitch left-handed ace Chris Sale in Game 3 on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Suddenly the Braves, who will start ace Chris Sale on Tuesday, have the edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Facing match point at 8-9 down in the tie break, Alcaraz fired an ace before leaning on a drop shot to stave off a second.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The worst of it was that while most of them just had to turn in some overdue work, Don Hume had to flat out ace a final examination to remain eligible.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Against world number 48 Kalinina, Kartal served four aces and won 23 of 30 points when landing her first serve.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The defending champion managed just two aces to five double faults - although he did land 68% of his first serves and won 66% of the points behind it.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
More: For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I never thought I wouldn’t want four aces.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
"He was given what's called a mini-mental state exam and he aced it. He got 29 out of 30," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
He then aced the fifth hole at Harding Golf Course on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Levito, skating in her mother’s hometown of Milan where her grandmother still lives, calmly aced her Olympic debut with a score of 70.84 that put her in eighth place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 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
“Way to go, baby,” said Kojo when he saw that Jake had aced the pop quiz.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Minter is acing his first impression as an NFL play caller by emphasizing teamwork beyond just the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
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
If your kid was supersmart and acing tests, it was forgiven that he never hit a home run or scored a goal.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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