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"I can now get more of the uniform in the local supermarket, and my son who is starting in September is getting the whole uniform for free – it works so much better."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Riley, who was in his first head coaching job at Oklahoma, got the better of Patterson in each of their four meetings, piling up at least 498 total yards each time out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Light It Up: Startup Lumilens has raised at a $5.5 billion valuation to replace data-center wires with light as firms search for better ways to connect growing numbers of AI chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The government has attributed the decline to better coordination between state and federal law enforcement officials.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Sancho climbed a tree to see the battle better—or, as Don Quixote accused him later, "to have a better view without any danger."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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 is also not entirely out of the question that Kane betters Erling Haaland's record for fewest matches to reach 50 Bundesliga goals - which he did in 50 games - this term.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024

He was not comfortable with these men—that was it—it was difficult for him to accept them as his elders and betters in the faith.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

England took only 34 runs from the powerplay – a number India bettered by 15 with Shafali Verma looking dangerous in striking five fours before being caught at cover.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Sinner has won his past 29 matches - a streak which has only been bettered by two men going into the French Open.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

These improvements bettered the quality of everything ranging from radios, to television sets, to small electronic calculators, yet the agency hadn’t done a good job of explaining these benefits to the public.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

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

Henley “simultaneously attempted to create an air of legitimacy for the Big U Enterprise by promoting himself as a reformed gang member focused on bettering his community,” Roosa wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

“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