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A win would also see him surpass McGregor as the Irishman in the promotion with the most wins in history.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“If they are able to surpass, for example, Algebra 1 or wherever they are, we are able to supplement the curriculum, challenging them constantly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The coverage experienced from the island on Wednesday is the most significant since the total solar eclipse in 1999, without another to match or surpass it until 2151.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The company is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue this year and estimates it holds nearly 60% of the live commerce market in North America and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The visit rekindled his concern that in the quest to surpass the Paris exposition Burnham and his architects had lost sight of what a world’s fair ought to be.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Then-CEO Hassabis founded the company in 2010 with the goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI — an AI system that matches or surpasses human capabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

It was declared on 15 May 2026 and surpasses the previous biggest outbreak between 2018 and 2020, which had nearly 3,500 recorded cases of whom almost 2,300 died.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

That surpasses the total for 2025, a year that had already shattered records, with 2,289 cases and three deaths including two young children.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Since then, Lebanese health authorities say more than 4,250 people have been killed — a toll that surpasses the war deaths in Iran but in a country 16 times less populous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

For most of us it is a world that surpasses understanding.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

They surpassed $100 million in opening day payroll for the first time in franchise history and called up baseball’s top prospect, shortstop Konnor Griffin, a week into the season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

They’ve surpassed $2 billion in sales for Starbucks, as they’ve launched an ever-sprawling genre of refresher varieties: water-based, lemonade-based, coconut milk–based, chili-dusted, frozen and blended.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

The iconic love song's music video surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube and has had over a billion streams on Spotify.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Wilson surpassed Mike Bordick’s 2002 mark with the Baltimore Orioles for consecutive games played at shortstop without an error.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The Tudor period witnessed a boom in food/drink/Baby Jesus-related carols, surpassed in enthusiasm only by the Victorian era.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

For a brief period, the energy being released reached roughly 400 billion times the output of Earth's Sun, surpassing even the most powerful supernovae known to astronomers.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Monga became Leicester's second-youngest Premier League player in April 2025, aged 15 years and 271 days, before becoming their youngest league starter and surpassing Jude Bellingham as the Championship's youngest goalscorer.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Overall, though, Rheinmetall's order backlog kept growing in the second quarter, surpassing the 80 billion euro mark thanks to 11.4 billion euros in new contracts awarded during the quarter.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The company posted adjusted earnings per share of 8 cents, surpassing the 4 cents projected by Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

"You are a surpassing clever boy when you work at it, Bran. Have you ever thought that you might wear a maester's chain? There is no limit to what you might learn."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin