Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Go by
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In Ravages of Time, a modern reinterpretation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this is how Liaoyuan Huo gets his much better-known name Zhao Yun, after watching some clouds ('yun' in Chinese) go by.
Source: Line-of-Sight Name -
Also almost everyone, who are just seeing the days go by without any hope that things will get better.
Source: Film / The Rover -
He seems to be getting better about it, though, if his guitar-less performances of "You Are So Beautiful" and "Wild World" are anything to go by.
Source: Series / American Idol
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