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Rybakina served out the win with an ace of her own – her sixth of the match and tour-leading 363rd of the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
This idea became more widespread on Aug. 2, when the Dodgers acquired ace lefthander Tarik Skubal to contribute to the team’s quest for a third strait World Series title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Like so many of his peers these days, New York Yankees ace Cam Schlittler throws ridiculously hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Runner-up Rybakina had one ace and four double faults, hitting just 13 winners and making 23 unforced errors in total.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He put an ace up on his scoring rack and piled a two, three and four of diamonds on it.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
Sometimes, the outfits are aces, leaving athletes feeling good and playing well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
More: For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
If he teams up with Jacob Misiorowski or Chris Sale in a five-game divisional round they could face three games against aces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The grass particularly often suits tall 'servebots', who are able to thump down aces and unreturnable first shots, but Fery has other tools to hurt his opponents.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He turned out to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most celebrated and deadly flying aces, and he wanted to meet the pilot who’d shot him down.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
She aced her triple axel and got her combination jump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Levito, skating in her mother’s hometown of Milan where her grandmother still lives, calmly aced her Olympic debut with a score of 70.84 that put her in eighth place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Netflix has for now aced out Paramount Skydance in a bidding war for Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 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
Even though Connor aced a hard spelling problem and Claire came through on a difficult history question, Perry Valley kept staying one or two points ahead of us.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
Lowry had a hole-in-one on No. 6, a decade after acing the 16th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
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
If your kid was supersmart and acing tests, it was forgiven that he never hit a home run or scored a goal.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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