creditable

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Hadjar retired from the race with an engine failure and Verstappen recovered to a creditable sixth.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

That task finally fell to Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who went 0.73sec ahead of the Austrian who finished up a creditable 11th.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Bottom side Real Oviedo earned a creditable 1-1 draw at home against Real Betis and sit five points from safety.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Although Zimbabwe are improving – they have just earned a creditable 1-1 series draw in Bangladesh – England will be overwhelming favourites to win the four-day Test when it begins on 22 May.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

Everything I was that was creditable, he had made me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey