excelled

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Bonilla had excelled with the Mets earlier in his career, and they gambled that he could recapture the production of his youth by taking on the last two years and $11.65 million of his contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

He excelled at chess and won a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the University of Chicago, where arrived on a Greyhound bus from Knoxville, Tenn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

From the start, he excelled at one of the least appreciated but most important roles of the economist: counting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

You could call that ruthless economic warfare, or you could call it capitalist competition, an arena where the Chinese have excelled.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque