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champ

[champ, chomp] / tʃæmp, tʃɒmp /


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Panettiere gave birth to her daughter, with boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, in 2014 and battled postpartum depression.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Pogi is the defending Tour champ and the reigning back-to-back world champion who wins nearly every race he enters.

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

Reigning champ “The Pitt” is the consensus No. 1.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"I've never done a home champs before so to have the crowd shout 'Abbie Donnelly' was an incredible experience."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The only other times they reached the Edison final was in 2015 when they won the Division 1 title and 2008 when they were undefeated state champs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

The defending Olympic champs from up north had never taken a bagel in the Games before.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

At the start of the day, there had been eight regional champs.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

Now,' on his red leather bench, Winston Churchill champed, shuffled a handful of notes, twice rose in a false start before the Speaker gave him the sign.

From Time Magazine Archive

We skated Wonderland numerous times over several days and all kinds of stuff went down, but Suski straight up champed out with five amazing tricks, all of which were photo-documented in an hour-nutter.

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

He was champing at the bit to get out there and start hiking.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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