extraordinaire

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Naturalist and narrator extraordinaire David Attenborough is likely beyond the point where he wants to wrestle a baby gorilla in the mountains of Rwanda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

On Saturday came sad news that Palmerston, a black-and-white cat, once mouser to the Foreign Office and "Diplocat extraordinaire", had passed away in Bermuda where he retired in 2020.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The critically well-liked if small-scaled film was directed by none other than Shakespeare-interpreter extraordinaire Kenneth Branagh.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Grace now has a bench named after her on the finish line with a a plaque that says "Grace's Bench, Park runner extraordinaire".

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

Of course, Joe understood immediately that this dynamite had not just fallen from heaven in order to increase the personal wealth and power of Joe Mondragon, all-around handyman and bean farmer par extraordinaire.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols