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Tim McGarry is a veteran of the Northern Ireland comedy scene, best known for playing Da in the long-running BBC sitcom Give My Head Peace.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
Since Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or in 2008, for example, only Rodri in 2024 was playing in England at the time of being crowned the best player in the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
I also went very deep into a Reddit thread about the best New York grocery stores for fruit—that was how I ended up at the Park Slope Food Coop, a Brooklyn institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
You run Plaschke’s assertion that the Bruins have “The best college football team in America” right there on page D1, Sunday morning, to be read by everybody everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
I can’t believe I missed what could’ve been the best night of my life.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Having lowered those personal bests to 51:14 and 1:54.33 respectively over seven years, she has established herself among the sport's leading stars.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
His pursuit of firsts, bests, biggests, quickest has helped fuel his success to unforeseen heights with SpaceX and Tesla, where he is also chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley won top acting prizes; “One Battle After Another” bests “Sinners” for Oscars gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Kenya's Doris Lemngole won the women's 3,000 in 8:31.39 with Britain's Hannah Nuttall second in 8:32.94 -- both personal bests.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers, withstanding an onslaught of attacks that included baselessly tying him to terrorism and a high-profile spat with a fellow Democrat.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
They notoriously bested Kendrick Lamar at the 2014 Grammy Awards in the rap album category.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
I said, thinking of how I had often bested Laertes.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Still, the results in the state’s Democratic primary were far narrower than the polls showed, with El-Sayed besting Stevens by only 1%, or 14,893 votes.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Core earnings per share, an adjusted figure that strips out exceptional items and one-off costs, came to 91 cents a share, besting the Wall Street peg of 88 cents a share, as per FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I tangled a bit with it, ended up besting him when he became impatient and tried to cut me from below.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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