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Instead of fighting the erosion, villagers have introduced their own mitigating measures to give their properties and livelihoods a better chance against the inevitable.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

"It's better than anything else... There aren't many jobs in Kabul," said the 21-year-old, above the din of diggers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Isolated and poor during the Cold War, when its government broke with both the Soviet Union and China, Albania fared little better during the postcommunist 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

“While pathology is underway to better understand her illness, veterinary teams do not believe her condition was connected to that earlier loss.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

I asked Dr. Crowchild how I could be so blind, given that I should know better.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

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

Against Morocco, he was only bettered by an extra 369 metres from Lewis Ferguson.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The left-hander's 379 runs is bettered only by Jamie Smith, albeit that Rew has played a game more than most.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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

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

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

It is her only hope of bettering her lot and seeing her children again.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario