champ
Example Sentences
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While the defending Olympic champ has done well enough to make the final, the United States team…well the U.S. might be ridiculously, historically, next-level good.
The defending Olympic champs from up north had never taken a bagel in the Games before.
The former heavyweight champ has lent his face to an ad campaign with the slogan "Eat Real Food," as opposed to ultra-processed products that are popular in America.
From Barron's
Shiffrin’s never been shy about acknowledging performance anxiety—this is a champ who still shows up to races with the butterflies of a kindergartner on the first day of school.
“When you’re the two-time defending league champs you take pride in that and you don’t want to give it away.”
From Los Angeles Times
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