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Back in 2023, Caballero had pulled a similar stunt with New York ace Gerrit Cole on the mound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The team’s other marquee acquisitions—would-be ace Freddy Peralta, closer Devin Williams, infielder Jorge Polanco and outfielder Luis Robert—have also flopped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Logan Webb, the longtime ace of the San Francisco Giants, laughed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

More: Only 5% of U.S. adults can ace this 8-question financial-literacy test.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

“I want you to stay up top with the flying shoes. You’re the Red Baron, a flying ace, remember? I’ll be counting on you for backup, in case something goes wrong.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

While the Wimbledon grass often suits 'servebots' - tall players who send down flurries of aces and unreturnable first serves - Fery has needed to use other weapons.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Is that enough to force Roberts into the uncomfortable position of picking one of his aces over another, like a father picking one of his sons over another?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Died in a saloon like a common gambler caught with too many aces in his hand.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

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

There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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

The same AI that aced the genius test can’t count how many times the letter “R” appears in “strawberry.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Never mind that I aced it once I recovered.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

“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