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Russell was 0.441secs off his team-mate while the fastest McLaren was 0.768secs from pole despite an upgrade for this weekend as Norris' best lap time was deleted for breaching track limits.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

A pair of OGs still competing in a young man’s game, the two traded compliments before parting: “Jay-Z is a killer,” said Scarface, whom Jay-Z hailed as “one of the best writers of any genre.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

In his profile of Rosalía, Elias Leight suggested that it was as if she learned all the rules of a style so she could figure out how best to break them.“No sé,” she replied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

"Bennu may offer our best glimpse of the original mix of chemical elements from which the terrestrial planets were ultimately built," as Schönbächler states.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Dad looks like he’s doing his best not to roll his eyes at her.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Kenya's Doris Lemngole won the women's 3,000 in 8:31.39 with Britain's Hannah Nuttall second in 8:32.94 -- both personal bests.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

But her daughter has now broken all of her mother's personal bests, the majority of which were British records at one point.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

On a population-adjusted basis, by my calculation, only FDR bests him—FDR whose four presidential runs were all blowouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

From 1950 to 1955, the Martin-and-Lewis-hosted “Colgate Comedy Hour” frequently bested Sullivan in the ratings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The oysterman and former Marine who bested a popular governor and built a grass-roots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Cecilia is a great competitor and she bested me today. Win or lose, competing here today was bigger than any of my own personal ambitions.”

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The big-budget epic opened with $264 million at the global box office, besting many franchise films.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

If an engineer capable of besting Eiffel did not step forward soon, Burnham knew, there simply would not be enough time left to build anything worthy of the fair.

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