champion
noun
a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place.
were championing
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past progressiveof champion.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I am incredibly sad for his family, for his friends, for all of us that worked with him, that knew him, that were championing him and supporting him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
Throw in a lack of popularity due to his somewhat tormented nature and few were championing the onetime orphan’s Hall cause.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2019
“So if you were championing the best things about the internet, it was easy to be disappointed that it was hijacked to subvert the very things it could foster,” Ms. Kornbluh said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
Then, as now, civic leaders were championing the bicycle’s potential.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2016
I didn't know your uncle then, and I felt sure you were championing the one because he was the poorer,—out of a mingling of quixotic chivalry and obstinate pride.'
From Niece Catherine by Mary Hampden
