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
But by the festival’s end, the wunderkind had excitingly found his way with the orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Also, a wunderkind dobro player named Jerry Douglas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
Once viewed as a wunderkind from the beginning of baseball’s data revolution—he was the loose basis of Jonah Hill’s character in the “Moneyball” movie—DePodesta abandoned the sport nearly a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 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
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