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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

Our students excel because we treat them differently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Didn't all parents expect their kid to excel in one or even two of these areas?

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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

Regardless of whether Edwin Díaz ever excels again in his closer role, I wonder if anyone else feels like I do about the trumpets and light show hoopla announcing his entrance from the bullpen?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

But he also excels at making others feel embarrassed, even the shameless ones.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

A Meecham gets the best grades, wins the most awards, excels in sports, is the most popular, and is always found near the top no matter what endeavor he undertakes.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Although many prodigies are single-minded about their craft, Miles excelled in two sports in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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

It bothered him that nobody could keep pace with receiver Nick Garton, who also excelled in soccer and track in high school, and could breeze up the grade like it was nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Switzerland, meanwhile, have also excelled and kept their cool despite facing an intimidating atmosphere in their penalty shootout win against Colombia in the final match of the last-16 stage.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

My performance was above average in all subjects, but I excelled in languages and the sciences.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

"Medicine is excelling at a rate it has never done before, AI is taking over as we know, so I'm really hopeful on that front."

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

In high school, Jackson did well - being elected as class president and excelling in nearly every kind of team sport.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

While Olivia and I were both intellectually capable of handling the college curriculum, of excelling in it even, we remained in key ways emotionally adolescent.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides