wunderkind
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It wasn't long before Mourinho was calling his former wunderkind "one of the best midfielders in Europe".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Phil’s influence, many orchestras everywhere now compete for the latest wunderkind hoping to capitalize on the youth movement rather than slowly nurture a rare ability.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Beneath the wunderkind tag he’s earned, he’s still a young man figuring himself out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Jordan Stolz is Team USA’s breakout star at these Olympics—the speedskating Wisconsin wunderkind who’s already won two gold medals and is hunting for more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Like many wunderkinder, Korngold had a bumpy transition to adulthood.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Forty years later those wunderkinder are now midcareer and have accomplished even more than expected, according to a recent follow-up survey.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2015
The pair grew up together in Buenos Aires, two wunderkinder playing soirées before their careers took off.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
Lots of the tech wunderkinder honed their skills during their service in army units whose products will never be cleared for publication.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2014
He introduced Ernest Lawrence to his readers as the leader of a “scouting party” of Berkeley wunderkinder, most of them “still in their early thirties.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The Leitersdorf brothers, who come from a prominent Israeli family that includes real-estate developers, venture capitalists and startup founders, are wunderkinds of the country’s tech industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
“The industry is full of charismatic wunderkinds, opportunistic fraudsters, and self-proclaimed investment advisors promoting financial products with little to no transparency.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
This would reward older athletes who waited two years to compete and ensure the wunderkinds of not missing out on their athletic primes between Rio 2016 and Paris 2024.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021
All three children were wunderkinds, but Thile stood out for his chutzpah and ostentatious talent.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2021
There were always wunderkinds and rising stars and the occasional military leader but running for office meant getting inside the system and working your way up.
From Fox News ● Jun. 29, 2020
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