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
Beneath the wunderkind tag he’s earned, he’s still a young man figuring himself out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
At 14, the wunderkind performed for then-First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House as part of a student delegation of musicians from the museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
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
Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Always wunderkinder of virtuosity, Cunningham’s dancers had to be as intellectually brainy as they were physically smart.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 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
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
For one, both are wunderkinds of a sort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
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