world-beater
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- world-beating noun
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024
No, Morris hasn’t been a world-beater in his time at Washington.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2022
The founder of global McDonald’s, Ray Kroc, first became the brothers’ franchise agent and then bought them out, supersizing the brand into a world-beater burger-eaters’ fave.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2022
But speed the clocks up just a little bit, and suddenly Nakamura is once again a world-beater, as he proved at the just-concluded St. Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament.
From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2021
"Won't he be just patting himself on the back as a world-beater though, up to the time he learns Fred never started at all!"
From Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School by Chapman, Allen
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