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Today, beef inflation rapidly outpaces regular food inflation due, in part, to severe drought conditions starting in 2022 that raised feed prices and discouraged farmers from breeding cattle.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Illinois has been playing catch-up as technology outpaces the law.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Pat McGrath Labs, once valued at over $1 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early 2026, underscoring how even culturally beloved brands can hit financial limits when momentum outruns sustainable business execution.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2026
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The result is a fractured information ecosystem where virality matters more than truth, speed outruns verification and public understanding is shaped less by facts than by whoever captures attention first.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Neri outdoes Arboleda’s early start to the season, keeping her Christmas tree up year-round in homage to a Filipino family tradition.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
22 Dec. 2025
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Nathan Crowley outdoes his Oscar-winning production design this time around, as does Paul Tazewell’s Oscar-winning costumes.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 Nov. 2025
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Bain excels in a few other areas that happen to be vital for those chasing QBs for a living.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The German standout excels at finding space, even when closely marked, and has a knack for timing her runs to create separation.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The corona is extremely faint compared to the luminous disk of the sun, which outshines it a million times, unless hidden behind special instruments called occulters.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Like the Battle of the Alamo for Texans, this bloody spectacle is for regime-loyal Shia the defeat that outshines in glory any possible subsequent victory.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
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Illinois outclasses Houston The night’s final game was a doozy.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, that their teamwork so quickly outclasses the bad guys makes for a far less interesting story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Blue Origin, founded and owed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has landed and reused its smaller New Shepard suborbital booster numerous times, but New Glenn surpasses New Shepard in difficulty and scale.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 Apr. 2026
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This show, which still prompts belly laughs from my daughter and me even after countless rewatches, meets and surpasses my mother’s bar.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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What should have been a collective effort of the imagination—a reminder that the story of our species transcends any one individual—now looks more like a vanity project, a permanent symbol of how radical ideas can be turned into private playthings.—
Alec Nevala-Lee,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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“One-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-ups. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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