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Brady upped the ante after Sports Illustrated playfully asked how many WWE wrestlers it would take to sack him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

But Outlive repeatedly ups the ante, taking surveillance and lifestyle interventions to the extreme.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

"The current political moment just kind of ups the ante of what is already a profoundly significant thing."

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Apart from that, the driveline is status quo ante, pretty much, with the logic-controlled mechanical center differential splitting torque between front and rear axles, in ratios determined by acceleration, deceleration, demand and available traction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Free speech and press hadn’t done too well in the ante bellum South.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler