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Despite starting earlier than previous Games, LA28 said it is already on pace to surpass Paris’ sales record after the 2024 Games sold 5.39 million tickets through their second drop in May 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“If they are able to surpass, for example, Algebra 1 or wherever they are, we are able to supplement the curriculum, challenging them constantly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

This week's heatwave is forecast to see temperatures once again surpass 35C.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The company is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue this year and estimates it holds nearly 60% of the live commerce market in North America and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

And as it bookends a summer led by “Obsession” and “Backrooms” fervor, with studios clamoring to find the next Gen Z wunderkind, Ullom quietly but consistently surpasses his peers at every winding turn.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The new germano-silicate platform substantially surpasses silicon nitride in this part of the spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

As the death toll of Venezuela's twin earthquakes surpasses 2,600, officials face the challenge of not only recovering victims, but identifying them.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Finance chief Tim McHugh’s pay outpaces that of many CEOs and surpasses the Tesla CFO’s $139 million pay package in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Eventually she surpasses her employer in skill and her food is known throughout the land.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Only a handful of companies including Apple, Microsoft and chip maker Nvidia have surpassed the $2 trillion mark.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The U.S. federal government’s total debt has surpassed $40 trillion, as a tracker from the Treasury Department put it above that big milestone on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

On Tuesday, a barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, surpassed $90 following growing tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

When computers surpassed chess grandmasters 30 years ago, humans didn’t stop playing; they trained with the machines, and the generation raised on them is the strongest field of human players in history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It surpassed the most surreal accounts he’d heard of third-world law enforcement.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Last year, the New York Metro Area’s tech talent workforce reached 394,300, surpassing the Bay Area’s 375,730, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Rybakina must reach the final, external to have a chance at surpassing Sabalenka.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

For a brief period, the energy being released reached roughly 400 billion times the output of Earth's Sun, surpassing even the most powerful supernovae known to astronomers.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Revenue grew 18% from a year before to reach $17.3 billion in the fourth quarter, surpassing the $16.8 billion anticipated by Wall Street analysts.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Now, America’s aircraft industry was a production miracle, easily surpassing Roosevelt’s mark by more than half.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly