prodigy
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At the age of 6 he was a chess prodigy.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Wolverhampton-born Rai was a golfing prodigy as a child, filmed by the BBC after getting a hole in one aged five.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Ms. Cain was a teenage running prodigy from Bronxville, N.Y. who set several national high-school track records before turning pro at 17.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Does he now start the teenage prodigy in a game that could play a part in shaping his own future as well as this current team's?
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Indeed, rather like Michael Jackson in our own time, Mozart’s childhood had been forfeited to make way for a career as a freakishly talented boy prodigy to be touted around an adult world.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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