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There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The day he went missing, Saira had aced a school exam and was excited to tell her brother, her "biggest supporter".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Before that, no one had aced that hole since Jim Furyk in 2011.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

By the end of the first full year of teaching this way, Hurt said 80 percent of her class had aced a phonology test — a rate she hadn’t seen before.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Max had aced all his exams, and the summer stretched out ahead of him, sunny and sweet.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix