champ
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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
She says having a world champ dad comes with plenty of photos and videos of his success, and some handy tips.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Entering Friday’s Game 5, the Spurs are one win away from an irresistible showdown with defending champ Oklahoma City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
I had felt like a champ after staring her down.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
"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
Wembanyama, for his part, is taking aim at the reigning champs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“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 ● Feb. 3, 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
Dear Paine, Donna, and my two favorite champs, This is the first postcard 1 ever wrote, so you should feel honored.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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
Weatherbound, airplane pilots chafed and champed until dawn.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the favorites champed at the barrier, New York's Mayor Bill O'Dwyer rushed up with another dark horse: an international skyscraper city to be built in the midst of Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
“While Meta has a head start on AI glasses, competition is champing at the bit,” wrote Mike Proulx, a vice president and research director at Forrester in a blog post about Meta’s AI-powered glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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
Kyro’s plan had me not run at all for two days, and now I’m champing at the bit.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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