champs 1 of 2

plural of champ

champs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of champ

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of champs
Noun
The last time both individual bowling state champs were local was in 2016 with Bishop Moore’s Daniel Bryan winning the boys title and Circle Christian’s Leanne Vastbinder taking the girls title. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Every team is going to circle the Knicks on the schedule, so that price of being champs in New York. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The visiting Rapid City Rush saw to that with a 6-3 victory over the host Mavericks, the ECHL’s defending Brabham Cup, Mountain Division and Western Conference champs. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Ohtani seemed to shake off months of doldrums, hitting a three-run home run in the second inning that put the defending champs up with a big lead. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The Cubs won four games to one to reign as world champs for the second consecutive year. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Produced by Hollywood stunt champs 87North, the hard-hitting wizards that have been redefining fight choreography since John Wick, Violent Night 2, like its predecessor, promises heaps of gory and satisfyingly kinetic fight scenes. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026 The loss offset the benefits gained by stealing Game 2 at Dodger Stadium, and now the Braves must defeat the two-time reigning champs in consecutive games to continue their season. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Oregon’s Lanning compares UCLA to national champs Oregon coach Dan Lanning dodged questions this past week about the health of quarterback Dante Moore following a brutal hit during a win over USC by trying to focus on UCLA. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for champs
Noun
  • The host Seahawks, defending Super Bowl champions, held the Chiefs without a touchdown in a 20-3 drubbing at raucous Lumen Field.
    — Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • European champions Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won the pairs event despite a heavy fall for Metelkina on a throw triple loop.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The victim's website could keep working normally while the AI account behind part of it quietly chews through its available balance.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At one point Evans stomps in to a Fielder secondary interview to try to stop it.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked.
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021
Verb
  • The guard stamps my name before shoving a copy of the week’s pamphlet in my hand.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For generations, athletes have been treated as if motherhood stamps their athletic identities with an expiration date.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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“Champs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champs. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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