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They had their best day in more than a year with the 10-year note’s yield falling sharply to well below 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He remained especially close to Ora — whom he described as his “mother, father and best friend” — until she passed away last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
They can make multiple attempts, but only their best time will count.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
At that point, Finra arbitration would be your last, best hope of recovering losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Yeah, turns out she’s into one of her guy best frien—” Ethan stopped abruptly and had the decency to wince when he caught my panicked expression.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Kenya's Doris Lemngole won the women's 3,000 in 8:31.39 with Britain's Hannah Nuttall second in 8:32.94 -- both personal bests.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
But the third, about a Latino World War II pilot who bests a Yautja in a deadly flight contest, underscores ingenuity as being superior to any weapon or combat skill.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
That bests the S&P 500, which is up 15% and heading toward its weakest annual performance since 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
At January’s Australian Open on hard courts, Djokovic bested 24-year-old Sinner in five sets before falling to now-injured Carlos Alcaraz in the Melbourne final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The oysterman and former Marine who bested a popular governor and built a grass-roots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Even so, we bested you! We kept you imprisoned and hexed.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Alphabet’s shares are up roughly 70% in the past year—easily besting its Big Tech competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Since moving to Germany, Kane's numbers have gone stratospheric, besting Haaland's goal tallies every season and establishing himself as a frontrunner in the race for the Ballon d'Or.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
If an engineer capable of besting Eiffel did not step forward soon, Burnham knew, there simply would not be enough time left to build anything worthy of the fair.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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