champ
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The U.S. national champ Quinn Simmons looks ready to win a stage and a mustache contest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Some have interpreted this as the defining moment when A.I. surpassed human prowess in math, akin to the moment in 1997 when IBM’s Deep Blue took down chess champ Garry Kasparov.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
Look out LeBron James and Michael Jordan, there's a new basketball champ around.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Reigning champ “The Pitt” is the consensus No. 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Coach is over the moon, pumping his fists like a champ.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Nifty Fifty fetched about 47 times earnings at their peak, which is higher than a simple average of today’s champs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
"Excitement, fatigue - everything. But this is the best moment of the season. We are still champs, two in a row, it's amazing."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Red and green cabbage deserve more love here; they stay crisp, add color and hold onto dressing like champs.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
Chicago are strangely the most consistent with eight wins in nine, but as they visit the Super Bowl champs on Thanksgiving we'll see just how good they really are.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
The Dodgers were the champs of the National League.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
The vampirelike lamprey, sneaking into the Great Lakes in the 19th century, gradually champed its way through the fish population.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
Gung-ho Lehman bankers champed at Japanese conservatism and bureaucracy, while Nomura veterans chafed at how much Lehman staff were paid.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2015
Weatherbound, airplane pilots chafed and champed until dawn.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the inner courtyard of Buckingham Palace eight beautiful horses champed impatiently at their bits.
From Time Magazine Archive
There came a low word of command "Halt!" then a moment of horsey noises—nostrils blowing, hoofs pawing, bits being champed, necks being patted.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
We know that many states are already champing at the bit to do that.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
“We’re champing at the bit to get the data,” one FAA official in Washington said at the time, as days stretched on after the crash without a black-box readout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
“He’s champing at the bit, so that’s a good thing. He’s very anxious to get back out here and help his team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
They are champing at the bit to memorialize him, but Fife’s motives in agreeing are not purely about the film.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Through the open door that led into the barn came the sound of moving horses, of feet stirring, of teeth champing on hay, of the rattle of halter chains.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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