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"This consultation will help us find a solution that works better for everyone, including businesses, local authorities and local areas."
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
“I think we’ll see one more leg lower, and then there will be a better base for a rebound,” Krinsky said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
There is good reason to think a DoorDash-managed Instacart can fare better than the stand-alone one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
“Voters basically did not feel that they were better off than they could have been or should have been.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
For a second, Bee was sure he meant Simon being better at the language than she was.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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That’s a sign that betters don’t see the feud with the U.S. as slowing an IPO.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
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
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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But he was almost as prolific at creating them, making 12 assists as a substitute - a tally only bettered by three players in Premier League history.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Brighton managed 10 clean sheets last season, bettered by only six teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
His Premier League win percentage of 46.9% at the club is bettered only by Kevin Keegan.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Among NL pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Misiorowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
I’d sat shotgun because I thought it bettered our chances of surviving a head-on car crash if both of my parents weren’t in the front.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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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
It would, however, take 20 years for Croatia to emerge from the group stage of a World Cup again, bettering the original golden generation by reaching the final in Russia in 2018.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Cleveland Brown's Myles Garrett broke the NFL single-season sack record when he claimed his 23rd of the campaign on Sunday - bettering the previous best of 22.5 first set by Michael Strahan in 2001.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Stewart says California has set "a powerful example" by bettering the quality and sustainability of its school lunch, "showing what's possible nationwide."
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
“We were expanding beyond ourselves, beyond our own planet, pushing back frontiers, bettering ourselves.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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