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"I know I'm better off financially compared to a lot of people living in halls," she said, adding "loads of people" were doing the same thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The vast majority of awards were doled out offstage during an evening far better known for its performances and stage antics than its prizes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It starts with me. I’ve got to play better and allow our offense to score more points.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A well-designed system could help us understand better what we don’t know as well as what we do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Yeah, no problem. I just . . .” He almost looks like he’s missed me as much as I missed him, but I know better than to believe that.
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
Like my literary betters, I sometimes worry that reading distracts me from writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
"Small boys should learn that it is a big mistake to try playing tricks on their betters to gain attention."
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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That performance, bettered only by leading pair Adrianna Sulek-Schubert of Poland and Ireland's Kate O'Connor, followed a time of 14 seconds flat in the 100m hurdles which ranked 15th overall.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Among NL pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Misiorowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Against Morocco, he was only bettered by an extra 369 metres from Lewis Ferguson.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
"I think there was an attempt to be smarter and involve the actual game, I think that was a tipping point, neither of those songs have been bettered since," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 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
And not to the exclusion of bettering their lives by paying attention to the nitty and the gritty, like making housing and higher education more readily available and, yes, fixing potholes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
Well, then you know how truly committed they were to bettering L.A. in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
United have shut out their opponents on five occasions this term, with only Liverpool bettering them with six.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
“But an exceptionally clever student could take a book outside, thus bettering himself without fear of lessening his much-loved faculty of sight.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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