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The best guess of the stock’s value was $150, and the most likely outcome was zero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

His Dirty Sanchez co-star Mathew Pritchard said Locke "was the best" and he would "never forget him".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

And last year’s best picture winner, “One Battle After Another,” was “another feather in Pam’s very crowded hat.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Dow industrials logged their best day since April — and for a moment, it looked like traders were mostly relieved that the election was over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Maybe basic is best the first time?” he said.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Having lowered those personal bests to 51:14 and 1:54.33 respectively over seven years, she has established herself among the sport's leading stars.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

His pursuit of firsts, bests, biggests, quickest has helped fuel his success to unforeseen heights with SpaceX and Tesla, where he is also chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

“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

El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers, withstanding an onslaught of attacks that included baselessly tying him to terrorism and a high-profile spat with a fellow Democrat.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

They notoriously bested Kendrick Lamar at the 2014 Grammy Awards in the rap album category.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Had she really bested Old Tallow, and at whose expense?

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Still, the results in the state’s Democratic primary were far narrower than the polls showed, with El-Sayed besting Stevens by only 1%, or 14,893 votes.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

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