World Cup

noun

: an international competition in a sport (such as soccer or hockey)

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Spain had won both of the last two editions of the tournament and are the world champions at the senior level, while North Korea have a prolific record across the youth levels and very recently lifted the U-20 Women’s World Cup. —

Neel Shelat, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Former South African great Joel Stransky, who scored all of South Africa’s points in the World Cup final of 1995, was one of those who helped coach the kids. —

Simon Perry, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 The lively track was used for the 1998 World Cup in France, Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run (1969), the Austin Powers movies and on television’s Glee. —

Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024 Those two events helped the quarter overcome the absence in the current-year period of the Women’s World Cup, which lifted the fiscal 2024 period. —

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