bloomer
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His nephew, Mike Lindsay, a former football and basketball player at Bishop Alemany who was considered a late bloomer to football, was starting at cornerback for San Diego State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Kurosawa is a late bloomer as an auteur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Deniz Undav is Germany’s unstoppable late bloomer, who scores more frequently than Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Now we get a loaf of bread and a cucumber," they calculated, noting that a cucumber costs 100 points and a seeded bloomer costs 150.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
I’m always surprised when people say I was a late bloomer, because gymnastics has been my life since I was six years old.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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