excelling

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And Brighton's sustainable model of success has come from hiring coaches who seek to impose themselves on the game through possession, with Roberto de Zerbi and Fabian Hurzeler excelling.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The U.S. could lose its small lead if it doesn't keep excelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Outstanding achievement was thought to depend on strong early performance, such as excelling in school subjects, sports, or concerts, combined with specific abilities like intelligence, physical coordination, or musical talent.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

He wasn’t exactly excelling in the classroom, and his disenchantment with school was beginning to wear on him.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore