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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
At a selective high school, she failed an algebra exam she expected to ace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Instead, she coolly sent down her 12th ace of the match to secure her third Grand Slam title.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Like so many of his peers these days, New York Yankees ace Cam Schlittler throws ridiculously hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials.The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
If the four aces can do to October opponents what the 1966 Orioles did to the Dodgers, or some reasonable 21st century facsimile, we’ll see you at the parade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Rybakina also leads the tour in aces and is capable of spending entire matches firing from the baseline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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
For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Megan Renshaw played Chas Becker like he was a pair of pocket aces.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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
"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
On Friday Netflix aced out Paramount Skydance and Comcast to win this game of media thrones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
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
Hortiz set the table for his successful debut season as an NFL general manager by acing his first draft and hopes to follow up with an equally impressive encore this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 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
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
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