Despite raising money and forming a political action committee, he never surpassed 3% in pre-election polls.

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Subprime debt in the U.S. never surpassed 10% of GDP.

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Jackson leaves behind a string of hits that may never be surpassed.

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The achievements of trailblazers like Vasco da Gama, James Cook or Christopher Columbus can never be surpassed, so some might argue that real explorers are a thing of the past... adrenalin junkies with nothing left to search for?

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Never did they contemplate the world of apps, which just surpassed 70 billion downloads.

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"I've never made a profit in any year of the company that has surpassed that amount, " says Mr. Levi, 62 years old.

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