surpassing
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After climbing an additional 4.8% in Tuesday’s session, SpaceX ended the day as the world’s fifth-largest public company by market cap, surpassing Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
At 40 years and 12 days, he became the oldest player to appear in a nation's debut World Cup match, surpassing the record set on Sunday by Curacao's Eloy Room.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The IPO is easily the largest on record, surpassing the 2019 offering by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant, which raised $29.4 billion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
That includes energy costs, which advanced 10.7% on the month, surpassing the 10.4% monthly gain seen in March—the first full month of the Iran war.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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