champ
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Panettiere gave birth to her daughter, with boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, in 2014 and has been vocal about her struggle with postpartum depression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
We’re barely one week into the three-week race, and four-time champ Tadej Pogacar has enough time on his rivals to stop and have an espresso and a chocolatine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
On the nights when we went to bed hungry, all of us dreamed of that champ.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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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
"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
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
After all, we were the league champs, the papers loved us, and college scouts were sending me letters like crazy.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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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
In the inner courtyard of Buckingham Palace eight beautiful horses champed impatiently at their bits.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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According to Page Six, the model’s essay in the Cut had publishers champing at the bit in a 12-way bidding war that culminated in the hefty pay day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
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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