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But researchers trained those models to ace coding problems from high-school competitions, not to handle the messier, more open-ended work of building software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Directed by YouTuber turned filmmaker Curry Barker, the movie peps up a functional script with an ace performance by Inde Navarrette as a woman under a dark spell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Boston has outscored its opponents 82-29 over this stretch, even with ace pitcher Garrett Crochet and star outfielder Roman Anthony both out with injuries that have sidelined them for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
More: Only 5% of U.S. adults can ace this 8-question financial-literacy test.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
The war’s highest-scoring ace was a German, Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
More: For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 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
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 like one of those flying aces from World War I who would just throw the bombs at their targets like hand grenades,” I said.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
Three years later, he aced No. 7 at Pebble Beach, the cliff-side hole that at 106 yards manages to be both stunning and treacherous because it’s so steeply downhill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
She aced her triple axel and got her combination jump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
A 14-year-old boy who has been homeschooled since the Covid pandemic will be going to university in late September after he aced his A-levels four years early.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
Not when I aced every test he gave or finished at the top of every simulation.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
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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