Best
Best verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts
Flourish
Both words in one sentence
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He recognises one last big chance to flourish his egotistical obsessions and cashflow: a feature length porn film named "Seven Rides For Seven Brothers" starring the hottest sluts and best hung studs in town.
Source: Literature / Porno -
Depending on what animal it is, the climate, lack of predators, and abundance of prey that doesn't know how to avoid/escape them means they flourish well above what they do in their native territory, becoming a nuisance at best and a threat to humans at worst.
Source: Misplaced Wildlife - In addition to teleology, she writes about politics and virtue, and tries to tell people how they can best flourish (for instance, telling the dairymaids how to milk more efficiently).
Source: Literature / The Princess Tales
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