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Rybakina sealed the match inside 66 minutes with her seventh ace of a match where she hit a total of 29 winners to Osaka's nine.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Rybakina served out the win with an ace of her own – her sixth of the match and tour-leading 363rd of the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
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
Now I’ve pulled that ace out of the hole, taken a good look, and found that it’s useless to me, devalued over time.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Scott’s track record of big aces and occasional double faults has followed him from tennis to college sports and back again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
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
When a man talks like that he might as well be accusing someone of carrying aces up their sleeve.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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
Steve aced the audition, and the four of us clicked immediately over our shared love of the Pretenders and all things Monty Python.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
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
Using all of that twisting and flexing and concentration, she smashed the ball and aced the Lady Gorillas.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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
I took pride in acing my classes, plus our family needed every extra cent.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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