wunderkind
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Two of La Roja’s starters — teenagers Cubarsí and wunderkind Lamine Yamal — hadn’t even been born when Messi made his World Cup debut in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Once seen as a U.S. wunderkind for his pedigree and his obvious talent, his career between the two World Cups had seemingly stalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It wasn't long before Mourinho was calling his former wunderkind "one of the best midfielders in Europe".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
In one, Grimes offered to help Musk get $5 billion in funding from then-cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried, whom he described as an “Ultra genius and doer builder like your formula.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Bogdanovich made “What’s Up, Doc?” after “The Last Picture Show,” the ecstatically received film that established his reputation as one of New Hollywood’s wunderkinder.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
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
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
It’s just that sometimes certain wunderkinds come along and make everyone forget the adage.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2021
For the past year, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, wunderkinds from the same generation who became close friends, have been living with the good and the bad of their precociousness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 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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