bested
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The oysterman and former Marine who bested a popular governor and built a grass-roots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
In some benchmarking tests, according to the cybersecurity company Semgrep, GLM-5.2 bested Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 model, which was released in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Bolstering Netflix’s coffers is a $2.8 billion breakup fee it collected after Paramount Skydance bested the streaming service’s accepted bid for WBD.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
He tried to eat it, but was bested by his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
“I have bested a thousand monsters with my bare hands.”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
