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Get real-time updates on the winners and top moments from the NBC broadcast and Peacock stream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Composers were known to jockey for the chance to premiere a new piece of music there, and top touring acts typically booked spots there years in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Russian president also gave Kremlev the Order of Friendship, a top state honor, according to ProPublica.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
ProPublica posted a group photo from the wedding that it said showed the top of Kremlev's head.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
We all start singing the chorus at the top of our lungs.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Their average home crowd in the league so far tops 60,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
North Dakota tops the list of states most dependent on exports to Canada, due largely to its petroleum industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Solaris Energy stock soars after the company raises quarterly guidance expectations that tops Wall Street forecasts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Observations also show that it extends through several layers of the atmosphere, meaning it is not simply a pattern visible at the cloud tops.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Globes were spun ’round like tops, and the capital cities of midsized European nations were identified with an impressive degree of accuracy, by current and former students alike.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
But they are also excellent spooned onto little buns, topped with cheese and baked into mushroom sliders.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Of those companies, 72 have issued earnings-per-share outlooks that topped Wall Street’s expectations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was the first time the ATP topped $50,000 since December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Last month, the national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Right before the Vanderbeekers arrived, the one-hundred-year-old roof was replaced and then topped off with currant-colored ceramic tiles.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
The brand’s shoes for adults typically retail for between $140 and $280, with limited editions topping $300 and high-end collaborations reaching nearly $1,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The really hard one is the second championship because everybody starts to think they were the reason that the first one worked, and just the difficulty of topping an emotional high like that —”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Lululemon earned $2.92 a share during the quarter, topping estimates for $1.79.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
MongoDB’s quarterly revenue grows 30% to $771.8 million, topping analysts’ calls for $735 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Beyond, coils of concertina wire topping a mesh fence further obscured the vista.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
