Champion
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Okita Sōji's great grand nephew with the same name appears in Yaiba's last Arc as an incredibly skilled yet lazy Master Swordsman who'd prefer to have a normal life rather than being a champion.
Source: Useful Notes / The Shinsengumi -
There is an episode in which Marge and Lisa go to see the movie Tango de la Muerte, in which an aspiring champion dancer rejects all other partners to prefer a librarian "who's only read books on dancing".
Source: Hot Librarian -
She seems to think lording her power over everyone is the way to go and clearly would prefer if she got to install herself as champion without even wrestling, but has to skirt her way around it and play nice because Billy Corgan may be friends with her and Mike but he's also a good guy.
Source: Wrestling / Maria Kanellis
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