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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
But it’s ludicrous that the country’s ace legal reporters never provided the public even an inkling of these legal defects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
The Dodgers found their way out of their recent downward spiral, though, and that was enough of a relief for their new ace and back-to-back Cy Young winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Plus, if Julia'd found it she'd've copied my ace idea for sure.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
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
He continued his superb serving, landing a further 16 aces on Friday, and proved superior in both attack and defence, firing 40 winners to just 15 unforced errors.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He’s the person who aces all his tests but doesn’t turn in any homework.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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
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
He then aced the fifth hole at Harding Golf Course on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
“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
“Now I have bragging rights with my friends,” Hirasaki said after acing the test on her first try.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
She can't control the haters, but she can control her response and so Yasmin says she's just focused on protecting her mental health and acing the role.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
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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