world-beater
Britishnoun
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Sinner went from world-beater to looking like a guy roaming around the Tuileries garden in his pajamas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
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.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
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
“I’ll make a world-beater of you in a year!”
From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto
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