world-beater

British

noun

a person or thing that surpasses all others in its category; champion

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world-beating noun

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Yamal is the star of this crop, a world-beater at 17.

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All of a sudden Havertz is a world-beater, that they cannot cope without, when in reality he has been panned by them for his inconsistent finishing since he joined.

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At the age of 31, there might yet be time to rediscover the form that made him a world-beater.

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"He's obviously a world-beater, and it'll be nice to have him alongside me and going out there and taking them on," Brook told BBC Sport.

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The former Manchester United player, who won the World Cup with France, was supremely talented and in bursts looked an absolute world-beater - but he never really showed it on a consistent basis.

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