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On the the theory that the Beatles were so surpassingly great that they would have succeeded at any time, they’re just too astonishing, I say that it's not at all clear that's true.

From Salon • May 25, 2024

Iavarone, a co-owner of the champion racehorse Big Brown and a surpassingly flashy internet personality, looked toward the red house, absorbed in watching investigators cart out evidence.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

"The play is beautifully acted but surpassingly bleak," said Matt Wolf of the New York Times.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

The play is beautifully acted but surpassingly bleak, and spectators may find their own threshold for trauma tested more than once.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Close up, either full-face or in profile, he was surpassingly handsome, even spectacularly so.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger