reigning

Example Sentences

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Gemini picked the Netherlands as its predicted champion over reigning champion Argentina, led by star player Lionel Messi.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Messi, who drove Argentina to their third World Cup crown in Qatar four years ago, lashed in the penalty as the reigning champions eased to a 3-0 win.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I was feeling too impoverished to spring for a $25 ticket for the opening match, which featured reigning World Cup champions Germany against Bolivia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But in a matter of days since its opening weekend, “Backrooms” has unseated the reigning pingpong champion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee