wunderkind
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At 14, the wunderkind performed for then-First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House as part of a student delegation of musicians from the museum.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Once viewed as a wunderkind from the beginning of baseball’s data revolution—he was the loose basis of Jonah Hill’s character in the “Moneyball” movie—DePodesta abandoned the sport nearly a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
When he made his 1975 blockbuster “Jaws,” Steven Spielberg was just 26 — a wunderkind director taking on a killer-shark thriller that nearly sank his budding career before launching him into Hollywood history.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Once an up-and-coming baseball wunderkind, Hank is now content watching his beloved San Francisco Giants play from across the country while he makes a modest name for himself among the bar patrons.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2025
Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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