champion

"In the future I will be a WWE champion," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

It has been a year of record-breaking highs and frustrating setbacks for the Olympic champion.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka was among the big names to miss the cut at one over.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Dirk van Duijvenbode fought back from 4-1 down to defeat Sweden's Viktor Tingstrom 6-4, while Ryan Searle threw four 180s as he dispatched former world champion Rob Cross 6-2.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I was the ultimate champion for a while, until a high school guy showed up and knew how to counter my electricity move with Chun-Li’s heel stomp.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

He did not play when the Blues overcame German giants Bayern Munich on penalties to be crowned champions of Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

American sprint stars Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richardson were among the champions amid a party atmosphere which featured a live track-side DJ.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was a funny rebuke to the force-fed notion that sports champions are these locked-in super computers with scrupulous attention to detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Some observers felt he looked tired against City, which only heightened questions around his involvement against Azerbaijan champions Sabah FK in the Champions League.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

There was no sign of any of the other champions, merpeople, Ron — nor, thankfully, the giant squid.

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

In doing so, Dans has championed one shipbuilder in particular — Damen Shipyards, a Dutch company with which he had a business relationship.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Brian Dyson, the Coca-Cola executive who championed New Coke, has died at age 90.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

On Thursday, Uganda's parliament held a special tribute to King Oyo, with MPs remembering him as a modernising monarch who championed education, health and opportunities for young people.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Turkey has championed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Sunni jihadist whose rebels in late 2024 ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, ending a brutal civil war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

That issue, of course, was slavery, which was clearly incompatible with the principles of the American Revolution, no matter what version one championed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Borza spent 20 years championing nearly every effort to memorialize the passengers and crew members who stormed the cockpit, preventing the hijackers from reaching Washington, D.C., and their presumed target, the Capitol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

Kushner and Iger were also championing a potential NBA expansion team in Las Vegas through Thrive Eternal until the opportunity to simply pay cash for the league’s most iconic franchise presented itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Having been in the running to become chancellor, the former Labour leader made headlines as energy secretary in Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet, grabbing headlines for his championing of net zero policies.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s what I had thought a dozen times myself, that I was lucky he was championing my work and my learning, that without Luc I could not have succeeded here.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse