champion

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The only defending World Series champion to get off to a better 10-game start in the last 100 years: last year’s Dodgers, at 9-1.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It was the final step in an audacious scheme that began last offseason to build a champion in a single summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

His goal, over a near-decade journey, was to be Olympic champion.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Now, facing the toughest reelection battle of her career, Bass is marketing herself in a way that might surprise some Angelenos: She’s running as a champion of change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

But to paraphrase Aristotle, one chess game does not a champion make.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady