World Cup

noun

: an international competition in a sport (such as soccer or hockey)

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Messi was instrumental in Argentina’s route to the final, opening his World Cup with a hat-trick against Algeria and scoring in each of his team’s matches up to and including the round of 16. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Egypt World Cup star Hamza Abdelkarim has impressed with a string of goals in preseason, however, including one against his former club Al-Ahly in the Joan Gamper Trophy match won by Barca 2-1 on Wednesday. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Monthly trading volumes surpassed $37 billion in July, boosted by the World Cup. — Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for World Cup

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“World Cup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20Cup. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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