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A lot of them had excelled in school: We talked to a boy that had just won a spelling bee, for example.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Both mimicked the short-form video creation that TikTok had excelled at.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

He came from Quebec, the cradle of standout goalies, and he had excelled in the high-scoring Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

She did not have the grades to follow her father into medicine, she would write later, but she had excelled in student government.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

He had excelled at Franklin, but he never really felt challenged by his teachers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown