Example Sentences

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After meeting as teenagers, he and Seals moved to California together in the late ’50s to pursue music and soon joined the Champs, who’d just topped the Hot 100 with the mostly instrumental hit “Tequila.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Winning jockey Townend said after the race he was "fortunate" to be riding Gaelic Warrior, having been due to ride two-time Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs before his withdrawal.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The iconic McDonald’s restaurant on the Champs Elysees became an interactive museum of American obesity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

A new chant by the fans, who replace the word 'tequila' with 'Sarina' in a song by The Champs, has made her blush in Switzerland.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

On Tuesday Shirley could forget everything, except that the Dodgers had lost and the Yankees were the World Champs.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord