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And like the Argentines, Yamal caught the world’s attention as a boy wonder.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026 Lucky vulture investors will reap astonishing returns, as crypto’s boy wonder serves out his 25-year sentence.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2026 Stearns was Cohen’s white whale, a boy wonder who turned the team in the league’s smallest market, Milwaukee, into a perennial contender on a shoestring budget.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026 After the show, I was taken aside by John Skipper, who had spent most of the conference proudly parading data boy wonder Nate Silver around as ESPN’s splashy new acquisition.—
Roger Bennett,
Fortune,
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