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She added 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko to the list in Saturday's semi-finals.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“I had always thought about winning the Ojai tournament, but I never thought it would actually happen,” said Grinner, 19, a two-time CIF champion with Granada Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Over the past two seasons, since the playoff has expanded to 12, however, a dozen two-loss teams have reached the knockout bracket—including Ohio State, the first champion in the expanded field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Australia's Teremoana Teremoana has stopped all 12 professional opponents within two rounds, while Uzbekistan's two-time Olympic champion Bakhodir Jalolov extended his unbeaten record by beating Solomon Dacres on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The Channel League champions next face their toughest test since being blanked by JSerra on Aug. 15.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Who rated the highest as the champions claimed a crucial victory?

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Zack Wimbush, starting on the wing for Exeter in place of injured England international Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, scored a hat-trick of tries as the 2020 champions fell just short of winning a classic contest.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Northampton's success came at the end of a chastening opening weekend of the top-tier tournament for Prem clubs, with Gloucester drawing against champions Bordeaux-Begles but six other sides losing.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“May I introduce Mr. Ollivander?” said Dumbledore, taking his place at the judges’ table and talking to the champions.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Bass championed the work, saying it would help power the “massive economic driver” of tourism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

It’s an extension of an ethos championed by Dumas’s father, Jean-Louis, who ran the company for close to three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The project at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, a port often called Vizag, is championed by India as a cornerstone of its technological ambitions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Totah says projects such as this year's indie horror hit Obsession also deserve to be championed.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

She was against welfare and never applied for it despite our need, but championed those who availed themselves of it.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Now he is championing a "people-led" movement that promotes the protection of human rights and rule of law as enshrined in the constitution.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

After two terms championing free markets as Indiana’s governor, Mitch Daniels was faced with the biggest political decision of his life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The French president has been instrumental over recent years in championing the daring gambit to loan the 950-year-old tapestry to the British Museum, which is putting it on display until next July.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 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