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The recent “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” dropped sharply at the domestic box office after its late-May opening, bested by low-budget horror films “Backrooms” and “Obsession.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Nigel Farage’s upstart Reform UK Party bested both the Labour and Conservative parties and gained more than 1,400 new seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Seagate on Tuesday bested Wall Street expectations with its third-quarter earnings and revenue results and issued fourth-quarter guidance, the initial signal the AI boom is still driving up demand for data storage.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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

His hands did shake, but not all that noticeably, and perhaps the Inigo of before the brandy would have bested this fellow now in sixty minutes of solid fencing.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman