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But aren’t the Brewers the best example of a team playing beyond its payroll instead of using it as an excuse?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
As well as teaching how to best make videos and posts for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, the course also focused on how to build audiences, engage with brands and monetise your content.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Every major technological innovation changes what institutions do best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
If you do feel like this will be another $800 trip, it’s best to know sooner rather than later so you can trim spending elsewhere in your life and budget accordingly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
A panic rises up in me that I fight, desperate to shove back in its box before it ruins my chance with the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"There were so many finals with multiple Scots in them. So not just medals but lots of personal and season's bests which shows how good the team has been this week."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Kenya's Doris Lemngole won the women's 3,000 in 8:31.39 with Britain's Hannah Nuttall second in 8:32.94 -- both personal bests.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
On a population-adjusted basis, by my calculation, only FDR bests him—FDR whose four presidential runs were all blowouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
They notoriously bested Kendrick Lamar at the 2014 Grammy Awards in the rap album category.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The U.S. swimmer bested Mark Spitz’s seven golds won at the Munich games in 1972.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I have bested a thousand monsters with my bare hands.”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Santa Monica should reach 87 degrees, surpassing the daily record of 85 set in 2011; and Hawthorne is expected to hit 93 degrees, besting the record of 88 set in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Alphabet’s shares are up roughly 70% in the past year—easily besting its Big Tech competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Criminal Element suggested that anyone truly invested in fighting crime, in besting criminals, should learn to listen carefully.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
