excel
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“I couldn’t throw a ball particularly well. I didn’t excel in sports,” he told talk show host Sheila Kuehl during a 1998 appearance on “Get Used to It.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
However, as he continued to excel at under-18 level, it seemed a case of when, not if, Gabriel would be given his chance.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
You sense that Sage Elsesser would excel in any endeavor he set out to master.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Today’s AI large language models might excel at coding, but proponents say doing real physical work requires large action models, aka world models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
It was astonishing that Fischer, at thirteen, could excel at blindfold chess.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Although Cousins is in the twilight of his career, he has thrown a league-high nine touchdown passes, thriving in a system that emphasizes play action schemes and quickly diagnosing coverages, two areas where Cousins excels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Google said Argon excels at complex tasks in software engineering, legal and financial work and cyber defense, with a leading ability to find and fix critical software flaws.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Hungary and Zandvoort have long-duration corners, where the McLaren excels.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But he also excels at making others feel embarrassed, even the shameless ones.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
This is one area Marv excels and delights in.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Michael was described as a beloved husband, father and grandfather, who "truly excelled" in his "role as grandad"
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In particular, he writes, Capra excelled at motivating great performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
At Oxford, he excelled in athletics, winning a Blue, although it was doubtful whether his course qualified him to be a bona fide member of the University.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Tishler, Mr. Werth writes, excelled at the “unglamorous work” of making crude laboratory processes work at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Goble sisters excelled in school and took piano and violin lessons and practiced diligently.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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There was nothing wrong with the Madison, N.J., public school Ankur Jain’s 11-year-old son attended: Arjan was happy and excelling academically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
I was really happy for him -he's gone down a different pathway in his life from beforehand and he's really excelling in what he's doing.
From BBC ● May 2, 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
Early on, Jim imagined himself becoming a doctor to treat such suffering, and his excelling in science classes quickened his interest.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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