champion

Italy has not produced a world champion driver since Alberto Ascari claimed back-to-back titles for Ferrari in 1952 and 1953.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

He has largely traded his poker-playing days for the strategy board game Catan, and was a champion at the game’s elite master’s tournament last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Borthwick, a champion of the New York tech scene, said that the deal “is a huge win for New York.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

She still believes the smaller, more challenging films Telluride tends to champion have “genuine shots” in the Oscar race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In 1937, he would become the first Negro world champion in boxing—and the first Negro to be widely admired by White Americans.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

But Arsenal had been champions 12 months before he arrived, and it took until Henry's third season for the Gunners to reclaim that crown.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Caro Claire Burke, the author of this summer’s runaway bestseller, “Yesteryear,” is one of the book’s greatest champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Acme, its champions surely understood that Zaslav is only the latest of his kind.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Bukayo Saka's second-half goal is enough to earn Premier League champions Arsenal victory at Aston Villa.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

While it is widely seen as Wintour’s baby, multiple leaders at the museum, which is home to the largest collection of Galliano’s work, had publicly championed the exhibit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The steady checks from the university took the pressure off my pages as they championed my books with launch events in their auditoriums, sharing good reviews on their vast website.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Lauded by civic groups, the good-government reforms were championed by then-Gov.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

"We have long championed the regeneration of Oxford Street and strongly support efforts to strengthen its global appeal."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

She was against welfare and never applied for it despite our need, but championed those who availed themselves of it.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Since the early 1970s, Steinem used her voice and influence to work toward legalizing safe abortions while championing survivors of rape and domestic violence and pushing for equal pay in the workplace.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kushner and Iger were also championing a potential NBA expansion team in Las Vegas through Thrive Eternal until the opportunity to simply pay cash for the league’s most iconic franchise presented itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Former Toyota head Hiroshi Okuda, credited with championing the pioneering Prius hybrid and turning the Japanese automaker into a global titan, has died aged 93, the firm said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Supporters of Fedorov, the 35-year-old advocate of Ukraine’s drone program, hail his championing of technology that has helped halt some Russian advances and his implementation of digital tenders in an effort to cut corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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