come out on top
Example Sentences
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What stands out is Newman’s take on which companies will come out on top.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
By the time all votes were tabulated two weeks after election day, Bass had come out on top, with 43% of the vote compared with Caruso’s 36%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Overall, Chelsea come out on top because they did not suffer any VAR mistakes, followed by Arsenal on a net score of two.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
There have been half-a-dozen rounds of litigation, and sometimes the exiles have come out on top, according to the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
But Sam, remembering the overheard debate, found it hard to believe that the long submerged Sméagol had come out on top: that voice at any rate had not had the last word in the debate.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
