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Turturro also co-wrote and starred in the film, which won the Camera d’Or for best first feature at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
CMS said scheduling young children for 40 hours a week of ABA is “not a best practice,” and children need time for normal activities like napping and eating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Through her early school and high school years, “I never really watched TV. My best friends were books,” singling out “The Iliad” and “Moby-Dick.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
A mixture of sunny days and cooler nights generally provides the best conditions for a colourful autumn display.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
And now that Clare knew what must be done, it was best done in haste.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
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
That bests the S&P 500, which is up 15% and heading toward its weakest annual performance since 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
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
Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The auto giant reported revenue for its latest quarter that bested Wall Street’s expectations, and raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
At January’s Australian Open on hard courts, Djokovic bested 24-year-old Sinner in five sets before falling to now-injured Carlos Alcaraz in the Melbourne final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
At the time, a publication called the Electrical Engineer remarked that the tabulator bested even divine speeds.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
Alphabet’s shares are up roughly 70% in the past year—easily besting its Big Tech competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
Despite besting twenty-three of the world’s most eminent chess players, though, he remained relatively unimpressed with his performance: “I am satisfied with the result, but not with my play.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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