surpass
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Palestra had been the subject of an agreement to rejoin childhood club Inter Milan, but Chelsea moved quickly to surpass their £43m offer and, according to sources in Italy, offered a more substantial wage package.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
If the move holds, AMD will surpass JPMorgan Chase and Walmart to become the 13th largest U.S. company by market value, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
Although still in its infancy, generative search ad revenue is expected to reach $5.1 billion globally this year and surpass $101 billion by 2030, according to projections from ad-buying giant WPP Media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Since her passing, Sonoma County experienced the most destructive wildfires in California history in 2017, only for another, more destructive fire to surpass it a year later.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 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
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