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From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Sinner saved it with an ace and offered no more half-chances.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Karl-Anthony Towns, a gifted but inconsistent center, transformed into an ace scorer and sturdy defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Inside were two playing cards, an ace and a joker.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
He continued his superb serving, landing a further 16 aces on Friday, and proved superior in both attack and defence, firing 40 winners to just 15 unforced errors.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Is that enough to force Roberts into the uncomfortable position of picking one of his aces over another, like a father picking one of his sons over another?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Jefferies analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith said before the agreement was confirmed that NextEra had some aces up its sleeve.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
One wonders how Mr. Ryan would stack up against such present-day aces as Paul Skenes or Tarik Skubal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“He’s like one of those flying aces from World War I who would just throw the bombs at their targets like hand grenades,” I said.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
"He was given what's called a mini-mental state exam and he aced it. He got 29 out of 30," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
She aced her triple axel and got her combination jump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Hazel also aced her National 5 exams, and as a young leader with her local Scout troop she was recognised by the Chief Scout with an Unsung Hero award.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
My uncles had told me stories about how famous my dad had been on campus for having simultaneously raised hell and aced all his classes.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Meanwhile he brags about acing three different cognitive tests in the last year.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026
For years, high-schoolers have boasted in college applications about learning Latin, leading the chess club or acing Advanced Placement Physics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
He rose fast and steep - acing trials for Kent, London and the South East and England Counties - excelling at every level.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
“Now I have bragging rights with my friends,” Hirasaki said after acing the test on her first try.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
I took pride in acing my classes, plus our family needed every extra cent.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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