champ

So I got her frustration, but in the end, a deserving champ prevailed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The first shock was the crumbling of the defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, who showed early signs that she wasn’t her expected top form, and then withered sadly in a time-trial stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some have interpreted this as the defining moment when A.I. surpassed human prowess in math, akin to the moment in 1997 when IBM’s Deep Blue took down chess champ Garry Kasparov.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

She says having a world champ dad comes with plenty of photos and videos of his success, and some handy tips.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

The sole claim to fame of Livermore, California, was as the former home of a onetime heavyweight champ who had moved there in the 1920s.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"I've never done a home champs before so to have the crowd shout 'Abbie Donnelly' was an incredible experience."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

"Excitement, fatigue - everything. But this is the best moment of the season. We are still champs, two in a row, it's amazing."

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Red and green cabbage deserve more love here; they stay crisp, add color and hold onto dressing like champs.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

The defending Super Bowl champs may be 8-3, still in charge atop the NFC East, all but surely playoff bound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

There had been a few seventh graders scattered among the other teams, but all the rest of the middle school regional champs were eighth graders.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The vampirelike lamprey, sneaking into the Great Lakes in the 19th century, gradually champed its way through the fish population.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2016

Gung-ho Lehman bankers champed at Japanese conservatism and bureaucracy, while Nomura veterans chafed at how much Lehman staff were paid.

From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2015

Weatherbound, airplane pilots chafed and champed until dawn.

From Time Magazine Archive

As jittery contestants champed at the bit, U. S. tennis fans mused over nine days of the dullest top-flight tennis since women played in ankle-length flannel skirts and panama hats.

From Time Magazine Archive

I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

We know that many states are already champing at the bit to do that.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

“We’re champing at the bit to get the data,” one FAA official in Washington said at the time, as days stretched on after the crash without a black-box readout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

After years of contributing to championship-caliber teams, Plum is champing at the bit to lead her own squad.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

They are champing at the bit to memorialize him, but Fife’s motives in agreeing are not purely about the film.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

“Well, it’s unusual to meet someone who’s not champing at the bit to get into the movies. Is it true that the Chinese believe cameras and photographs take possession of the soul?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu