wunderkind
Example Sentences
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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.
Buzz: Moore went from wunderkind to maligned during his one season as Bruin, the former five-star high school prospect failing to live up to the massive hype.
From Los Angeles Times
It wasn’t the way Riley envisioned the second year of his tenure as an offensive wunderkind.
From Los Angeles Times
It's a spectacular downfall for Silicon Valley's dishevelled wunderkind, who rubbed elbows with celebrities like Gisele and Tom Brady.
From BBC
This version of McVay had vanished from these parts in recent years, as the once-animated coaching wunderkind gradually was beaten down into an almost unrecognizable form.
From Los Angeles Times
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