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The first deaf player to excel in the major leagues was Billy “Dummy” Hoy, an outfielder who debuted for the Washington Nationals in 1888.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

His takeaway was that though traditional contractors excel at threat detection and tracking, they move too slowly to keep up in the rapidly evolving field of drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

You sense that Sage Elsesser would excel in any endeavor he set out to master.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But because quantum computers can spot certain mathematical patterns, they excel at factoring very large numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

What I did know was that not getting a spot on the national team had made me more determined to excel in elite gymnastics.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Crack open a new book: Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, excels at writing about alternative futures.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

One reason is that most software development isn’t about writing code, where AI excels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Hungary and Zandvoort have long-duration corners, where the McLaren excels.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

And even though Skubal excels at compartmentalizing, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had one request for the Tigers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

This is one area Marv excels and delights in.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Despite her self-deprecation, this soulful but savvy genius from Appalachia excelled with grace and class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

As the new property manager of Parkwood Apartments, a squat complex of 175 low-rise apartments and townhouses in the San Diego suburbs, she says she excelled.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

She excelled at online learning, which she could do quietly from a corner in Leffler’s office, and was well-liked at the grocery store and donut shop where she worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Khan was voted in by millions of Pakistanis who grew up watching him play cricket, where he excelled as an all-rounder and led the nation to a World Cup victory in 1992.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Unlike his brother Jeff, who excelled at sports, PJ. wasn’t good at athletics.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

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

For context, Harry Kane is a year younger and still excelling in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 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

Despite excelling there, and getting high SAT scores, he didn’t get his first college choices.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel