phenom
Example Sentences
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Two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani will neither take the mound Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks nor participate in the All-Star Game next week, the Dodgers announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
At Beijing 2022, teen phenom Kamila Valieva helped Russia secure the team figure skating title, one of the Russian athletes who passed the vetting process under the ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Polymarket and Virality targeted dozens of videos by Adin Ross, a 25-year-old manosphere phenom with millions of followers, for promotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Led by French phenom Victor Wembanyama, they’re more of a Cinderella story; they had little chance of winning the NBA Finals at the beginning of the year, per the oddsmakers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
In vetting him for the job, his trainer neglected to look at his sister, a local basketball phenom.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
