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But just as humans do, old pipes can defy the odds and perform better than younger ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The goal is to better control the threats from potential enemies and gather key information, state media said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Increased GLP-1 levels were also linked to better grip strength, suggesting a possible connection between gut health and muscle function that researchers believe deserves further study.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

"It just feels phenomenal to be back in a better place, just healthy mentally, physically and emotionally," said Richardson, who has had troubles off the track.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The more she did it, the better she would get.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Billions are riding on such sports event contracts, and it isn’t just the wagers of individual betters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

An anonymous message from Ambrose telling me to mind my betters.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

Yeboah bettered that in the 67th minute, taking advantage of another defensive breakdown to poke a pass from Tomás Chancalay at the left post by Marcinkowski.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

Allen bettered Chris Gayle's 47-ball century against England in 2016 by 14 deliveries, with his knock also the joint third-fastest century in men's T20 internationals.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 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

Abdul Hammed currently works at a warehouse, but the 33-year-old has come to the apprenticeship fair in the hope of bettering himself.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 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

“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