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All told, the Brewers finished 11-2 in October, knocking off the red-hot San Diego Padres, the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Rays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Ninth would be enough for Antonelli to become champion if it is Russell, and 10th if it is Hamilton.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

A two-time Super Bowl champion, one-time NFL defensive player of the year and a 2011 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sanders became Colorado’s head coach in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The 2025 French Open girls' champion was superb on serve - dropping just seven service points and not facing a break point - while handling Williams' pace and crushing groundstrokes off both wings.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

When we’ve all finished, I break into a song by Flory Jagoda—a woman who was a champion of Sephardic music and sang in Ladino.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

That secured a spot in the 123rd World Series, where the Brewers became MLB champions with 11 wins from 13 games in the postseason.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Brewers have won the World Series for the first time in franchise history, overcoming their significant economic disadvantages to emerge as unlikely champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"I came to a country that supposedly champions liberty, justice, rule of law, only to be shocked when I entered these detention centers that all my rights were left outside," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

"The biggest night in the club's history in terms of opposition coming to town and we've managed to beat the champions," boss Matt Lawlor told Sky Sports in the aftermath of his side's stunning victory.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Coming from Columbia High School where we were always state champions, suddenly I felt a cold dose of reality hit me.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Taylor, who declined to be interviewed for this story, has said that the laws he has championed prioritize public safety.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

The high-profile project, championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been dogged by criticism over the deaths of several of the cats.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Max Eberl, Bayern Munich's board member for sport, championed Kane and Michael Olise but said the best players, external "are the ones who don't need to run a campaign".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Raman, whose campaign did not respond to an interview request, served until recently as chair of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, where she championed tenant rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In a sixty-year career on the concert stage she tirelessly championed the music of her husband, of Brahms and of Chopin.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

"So that we remember Sir David for all of the work he did for championing people with learning disabilities in Southend, and then obviously across the country, through the Music Man Project's expansion."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"We also welcome the European Parliament's leadership in championing a harmonised, Europe-wide framework to keep kids safe," Cook said during a visit to an Apple store in Strasbourg.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

In retrospect, the shift from exalting those canceled for words to championing those canceled for alleged criminal behavior was inevitable.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

He gravitated toward politicians championing social justice causes, managing the first congressional campaign for Congressman Esteban Torres, himself a former labor activist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

London's fervent condemnation of capitalist society, his glorification of the primordial world, his championing of the great unwashed—all of it mirrored McCandless s passions.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer