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McLaren's Oscar Piastri was the only driver in the top four teams other than Leclerc to improve on his second run but could do no better than qualify seventh.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He will do well to improve on this.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
One day, equity markets are drunk on the prospect that artificial intelligence will cure cancer, improve on Shakespeare and make airplanes take off on time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Today’s version would expand and improve on Medicare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I doubt whether any of us could think of a way to improve on it, beyond maybe shifting a local cloud from here to there on occasion.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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