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Examples of champ in a Sentence
Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
Will any lessons from these countries be learned in the West, where countries are several weeks behind in their outbreaks, but many governments are already champing at the bit to relax lockdowns, despite sky-high infection rates?
—James Griffiths, CNN, 11 May 2020
Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
The refortified Dodgers, featuring two-time MVP Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, will seek their first non-pandemic World Series since 1988, while the Texas Rangers, also free spenders, aim to repeat as surprise champs in Bruce Bochy’s second year.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
The new radio champ advances from the runner-up slot on both rankings to rule the lists dated March 30 and gives the rapper, who solely wrote the song, his first No. 1s on any Billboard charts.
—Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2024
Rounding out the cast of director Doug Liman’s remake of the 1989 cult classic are UFC champ Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen and Lukas Gage along with Post Malone.
—Elizabeth Taylor, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
Major champ discusses cheating controversies, wants rules to loosen up.
—Fox News, 21 Mar. 2024
New concealed celebrity contestants like Gumball, Goldfish, and Ugly Sweater are belting it out for the chance to win the Golden Mask trophy, following in the masked footsteps of season 10 champ Cow, who was revealed as Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
The retired tennis champ, who has a home in Longboat Key, posted a few glam Instagram snaps in front of the Louvre Museum on Sunday.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
Yes, the two-time champ, No. 1 Bohemian Special (Wiedemann), is not messing around this year.
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Verb
Middle English chammen, champen
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
1868, in the meaning defined above
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“Champ.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champ. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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