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or medallist
as in prizewinner
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Recent Examples of medalist
Woodhall and his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall — the reigning Olympic gold medalist and world champion in the long jump — have built a large shared social media following in addition to their personal accounts.
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Dylan Wells,
Washington Post,
24 June 2026
Bode Miller, an Olympic skier and gold medalist, was arrested on drug possession charges.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested earlier this month on drug charges, TMZ Sports reported.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
The Olympic gold medalist skier, 31, discussed her father's tragic accident in February 2020 with Anderson Cooper on his CNN podcast, All There Is with Anderson Cooper, on Thursday, June 18.
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Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
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Dylan Wells,
Washington Post,
24 June 2026
Bode Miller, an Olympic skier and gold medalist, was arrested on drug possession charges.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested earlier this month on drug charges, TMZ Sports reported.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
The Olympic gold medalist skier, 31, discussed her father's tragic accident in February 2020 with Anderson Cooper on his CNN podcast, All There Is with Anderson Cooper, on Thursday, June 18.
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Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medalist
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This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
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Lewer wasn’t the only prizewinner anointed at the ceremony.
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England was a semifinalist at the 2018 World Cup, reached the quarterfinals in 2022, and finished as the runner-up in the last two European Championships (2020 and 2024).
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Morocco, a semifinalist four years ago, drew with Brazil while outplaying them for long stretches, then dominated Scotland.
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This year, though, there seems to be a host of superstars bidding for the title.
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And there is also the halo effect of the comics creating superstar artists and helping DC beat Marvel in market share for the first in decades.
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Depth has long been the biggest concern for a team that boasts an American League MVP candidate, a reigning Cy Young finalist and a six-time All-Star closer.
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There is one more factor here in that Brittney was reportedly a finalist to play Superman himself, right up there alongside Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult.
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Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.
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Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?
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For Iraq, a victory would be its first in World Cup competition while Senegal, a quarterfinalist in 2002, would like to get a win for Sadio Mane, one of Africa’s most iconic players, who may be playing in his final World Cup.
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On Day 9, an unlikely quarterfinalist, the beauty of pressure in tennis and a long, slow comeback journey.
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“Medalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medalist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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