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champion

Definition for champion

noun as in defeater in competition; preeminent supporter

verb as in advocate, support

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You’re still picking one of three starter Pokémon, battling your rivals, catching Pokémon to create teams of six, taking on eight challenges, battling four elite trainers, defeating a villainous organization and becoming the champion.

Five-time world champion Simone Biles, the sport’s biggest name, is not competing.

Silver had been speaking as part of an HBO feature on Ujiri, who rose from youth coach in Nigeria to the architect of an NBA champion.

The lawsuit from the two-time Olympic champion challenges restrictions on testosterone levels in female athletes that prevents certain women from participating in international sports competitions.

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I wasn’t prepared for the grooming, gaslighting, and manipulation that I experienced at the hands of Eric Schneiderman, and part of what drew me to him was that he was a champion of women.

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We are looking forward to working closely with this champion of liberty.

The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love.

He could be remade into a defender of the environment, a preserver of habitats and champion of rainforest ecology.

The daughter of an Eritrean refugee, Girma has an impressive resume: In 2013, she was named a White House “Champion of Change.”

As Campbell says, “the hero is a champion of things becoming, not of things become.”

I am an easiful old pagan, and I am not angry with you at all—you funny, little champion of the Most High.

The hero of the adventure does not compete with any number of knights, but is each day confronted with a chosen champion.

Robert Nelson's sobriety of judgment and sound practical sense made him a far more effective champion.

Duncan was a perfect champion; his strength and activity were marvellous, and his mirth uproarious.

Now there was a man in her dominions whose name was Alwin, a mighty champion & holmgangsman.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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