wunderkind

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He was, himself, a wunderkind political reporter, first for the New Republic and then during a decade at the New Yorker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

He accomplished very good things in Oxford and he’s turned his career in a steadier direction after a peripatetic start as a football wunderkind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Once an up-and-coming baseball wunderkind, Hank is now content watching his beloved San Francisco Giants play from across the country while he makes a modest name for himself among the bar patrons.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2025

Once hailed a wunderkind of Europe's conservatives, the 38-year-old resigned as chancellor in 2021 and quit politics amid a series of allegations.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

An escape hatch was provided by his brother-in-law Landon Thorne, a Wall Street wunderkind who proposed that they form an investment banking partnership.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik