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
“Because we were championing these good, small producers who were making a great product, people recognised that and would say ‘It’s awesome that you’re doing their wines on tap, because they’re good wines’.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2017
He fought for great principles, and if up to 1844 he had generally found himself with the Reformers, it was because they were championing what Ryerson believed to be the right.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold
