bested
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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
So far, about 10% of the S&P 500 has reported first-quarter results—and 88% of those earnings have bested Wall Street estimates, according to FactSet.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
When the Apollo program ended in 1972, we children couldn’t comprehend budget constraints or having bested our Soviet rivals in a long-running “space race.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Overjoyed at having bested the disdainful Urey, “he jumped out of bed, heedless of his cold, danced around the room, and gleefully congratulated us,” Kamen recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
