surpass

• No familiarity can distract from “Waterloo,” which holds its own by Barbour's “Bannockburn,” and Scott's “Flodden.” Sir Walter, referring to the climax of the opening, and the pathetic lament of the closing lines, generously doubts whether any verses in English surpass them in vigour. —  Byron
• We need to show people that locally produced goods and locally offered services are of an excellent standard and match, if not surpass, the standard of their international counterparts. —  AME Info Latest News
• Heralded as a natty piece of matchmaking on the part of much maligned promoter Frank Warren, the questions surrounding this contest follow thus: how far has Barrera fallen and has Khan come on sufficiently and learned enough since the Breidis Prescott disaster to surpass whichever level this subsequently reveals itself to be? —  East Side Boxing
• Gale Waldron, director of Gallery 222 and executive director of the academy, said though organizers were still "working on the totals," the final tally is expected to at least reach, if not surpass, the goal of $30,000.
• Again near the end of the Obituary we learn that the causes of Bach's blindness in late lift lay in his unquenchable thirst for musical models, to learn from be inspired by, and, ultimately, to surpass: "His naturally somewhat weak eye sight, further weakened by his unheard-of-zeal in studying, which made him, particularly in his youth, sit at work the whole night through, led, in his last years, to an eye disease." —  CounterPunch

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