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Despite being the defending champion, Cleveland was not the No. 1 seed in the City Section Open Division boys’ water polo playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Beijing -- which presents itself as a champion of multilateralism -- has repeatedly said that Europe should be part of peace negotiations over Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Revels soon established himself as a champion of African American rights.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Some of LIV’s castoffs, such as two-time major champion Jon Rahm, never gave up their European Tour memberships and can continue to play there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The strength of a champion such as Martin.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

His mother, Betty, who died in 2021 at 88, was one of the first female competitive surfing champions in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

As amateur bakers start planning their Thanksgiving pies, four chefs are training to become world champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Thankfully, his documentary has caught the attention of notable champions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

We will get a clearer idea of how 'Tuchel 2.0' is progressing in the next few days when England host Croatia on Thursday and travel to Madrid to face world champions Spain on Sunday.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

His varsity had beaten a very good California crew, the defending national champions, and they had done it in difficult circumstances.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

"The fact that not only has it achieved the success it has, but it's still being made here in Scotland, should be seen and championed as our biggest cultural export ever," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Taylor, who declined to be interviewed for this story, has said that the laws he has championed prioritize public safety.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Charles, who has long championed environmental causes, will meet organisations working in the field, including a coral restoration project in Antigua and Barbuda and rainforest conservation in Guyana.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Raman, whose campaign did not respond to an interview request, served until recently as chair of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, where she championed tenant rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In a sixty-year career on the concert stage she tirelessly championed the music of her husband, of Brahms and of Chopin.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Turkey is also championing its Zero Waste Initiative, a high-profile environmental diplomacy campaign led by Emine Erdogan, wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to push international cooperation to reduce methane emissions from waste.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Her style also "shepherds a message championing the working class", says Tashira Halyard, an attorney, content creator, and public policy expert based in Washington DC.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

She won partners’ support by championing a remaking of Weil that would bulk up in practice areas including private equity to help it better compete with behemoths like Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mi-ok has to tell Ye-ji that her expensive clothes don’t jibe with someone championing labor issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

They wouldn’t remember that my picture was there because of my fervor in championing Mr. Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey