bested

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So far, about 10% of the S&P 500 has reported first-quarter results—and 88% of those earnings have bested Wall Street estimates, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

When the Apollo program ended in 1972, we children couldn’t comprehend budget constraints or having bested our Soviet rivals in a long-running “space race.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Bolstering Netflix’s coffers is a $2.8 billion breakup fee it collected after Paramount Skydance bested the streaming service’s accepted bid for WBD.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

She even bested her husband, who competed this season as Stingray and was cast out in Episode 10.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The Cursed Toads—Spares whom she’d sympathized with, had tried to learn about, who she thought shared a common fate—had tricked and bested them.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega