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In the relief, neither woman was bested by the other.

The pretty good: Executives said they expected sales this quarter of $37.5 billion, an outlook that narrowly bested analyst forecasts.

Democrat Josh Stein has bested scandal-plagued Republican Mark Robinson to become the next governor of North Carolina, according to a call from the Associated Press.

Biden won some states by even smaller margins, such as Arizona, where he bested Trump by just over 10,000 votes.

She headlined a boffo political convention in August and easily bested Donald Trump earlier this month in their one, and possibly only, debate.