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Will I feel better if I succeed at doing these things with consistency?
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
"We have to take care of our female players better so that they can train, perform, and thrive as female athletes, not small men," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
To forge better social connections, weigh whether shyness, cynicism or snap judgments of others hold you back.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
At a dinner last year for 25 Net-a-Porter customers at the online luxury retailer’s London headquarters, Chief Executive Heather Kaminetsky asked a simple question: How can we do better?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It had nothing to do with anyone in this family. And it’s probably better you don’t know,” I say gently.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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His betters resented Duchamp’s attempt at depicting movement and judged the title vulgar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
This week: Polymarket teamed up with the Golden Globes, displaying a live ticker for betters on the broadcast.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
Billions are riding on such sports event contracts, and it isn’t just the wagers of individual betters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
It only betters you as an artist and as a person.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2024
“Mind you, I’m not one to gossip. You remember that, Ophelia. The lives of your betters are not fodder for your amusement.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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Brighton managed 10 clean sheets last season, bettered by only six teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Roared on by a sell-out crowd of 60,000 at London Stadium, the five-time global medallist bettered the Moroccan's mark - untouched since 1999, when Kerr was aged one - by nearly half a second.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Among NL pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Misiorowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
His joint record of 20 assists in a single Premier League season was only bettered this year by Manchester United's Fernandes.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
She was supposed to want to meet men, to keep her eyes open; she was supposed to see The General as an option that could be bettered.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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His revered mentor, José Antonio Abreu, who founded the educational program in 1975 with the conviction that learning music can, in bettering lives, lead to profound social change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She said Chinese biotechs have “gotten very good with pretty-well-known targets—in bettering them, in really getting more precise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I think we still have a long way to go in terms of bettering ourselves, but we’ve come a long way from the beginning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
United have shut out their opponents on five occasions this term, with only Liverpool bettering them with six.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
It is her only hope of bettering her lot and seeing her children again.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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