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“I don’t necessarily think the Rays and the Brewers are the best examples of teams that need salary caps to compete,” Tampa Bay ace Drew Rasmussen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Brewers, emerging as an ace before everything fell apart with the Mets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Bauers delivered the knockout blow in Milwaukee’s 6-2 victory on Wednesday, smashing a go-ahead, two-run home run off ace Blake Snell to give the Brewers a lead they would never relinquish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But Smith said he assumed Yamamoto, the Dodgers’ ace of the aces and last year’s World Series MVP, had everything under control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials.The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

But Smith said he assumed Yamamoto, the Dodgers’ ace of the aces and last year’s World Series MVP, had everything under control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some aces are portrayed as more equal than others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

World number two Sabalenka hit 11 aces and did not face a break point in a 6-1 6-3 victory over the Mexican.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rybakina leads all WTA players in aces this season, while no one has won a higher percentage of points behind her first serve than Sabalenka.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

You knew he held aces up his sleeve.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

Steve aced the audition, and the four of us clicked immediately over our shared love of the Pretenders and all things Monty Python.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Three years later, he aced No. 7 at Pebble Beach, the cliff-side hole that at 106 yards manages to be both stunning and treacherous because it’s so steeply downhill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

She aced her triple axel and got her combination jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

The same AI that aced the genius test can’t count how many times the letter “R” appears in “strawberry.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

“So, you aced the quiz and then bombed the follow- up?” she said to me, indignation decorating her words.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Meanwhile he brags about acing three different cognitive tests in the last year.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

For years, high-schoolers have boasted in college applications about learning Latin, leading the chess club or acing Advanced Placement Physics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

He rose fast and steep - acing trials for Kent, London and the South East and England Counties - excelling at every level.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

“Bragging about acing a cognitive test while forgetting the name of the doctor who gave it to you is like writing on a résumé that you speak three languages and misspelling the word ‘languages.’”

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

If your kid was supersmart and acing tests, it was forgiven that he never hit a home run or scored a goal.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty