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Back in March, Kerr had announced a plan dubbed Project 222, an audacious promise to slice 2.22 seconds off his personal best and topple the record, held since 1999 by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
For a brief few minutes at the ceremony, it was incorrectly named best picture before “Moonlight” rightfully took the prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
MrBeast described it as "the best day of my life" in the post.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I find it best to add the leaves in batches, letting each handful wilt before adding more into the pan.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I mean, it’s for my best friend’s surprise birthday. I have the flour and the ice chests and my auntie’s bread bowl in the truck.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
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
Colby Parkinson has 43 catches, eight for touchdowns, both career bests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
But the third, about a Latino World War II pilot who bests a Yautja in a deadly flight contest, underscores ingenuity as being superior to any weapon or combat skill.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
“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
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
When the Apollo program ended in 1972, we children couldn’t comprehend budget constraints or having bested our Soviet rivals in a long-running “space race.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Bolstering Netflix’s coffers is a $2.8 billion breakup fee it collected after Paramount Skydance bested the streaming service’s accepted bid for WBD.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
He tried to eat it, but was bested by his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Most often he bested me, but instead of being disappointed I was pleased that we shared top places between us.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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
For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
The 21-year-old now has the best figures in the format, besting the previous record held by Bhutan's Sonam Yeshey, who took eight wickets for seven runs against Myanmar in a men's T20 international in 2025.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Since the event moved to Netflix in 2024 from TNT and TBS, viewership numbers have increased, besting pre-pandemic levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
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
