How to Use World Cup in a Sentence

World Cup

noun

• At the time of her retirement, Vonn was the winningest woman in skiing, with 82 World Cup victories.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
• Neville said the pair first met in Doha at the 2022 World Cup.
  — David Hellier, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
• The United States exited the World Cup in the round of 16.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Their boat finished fourth in a World Cup in June in Poland.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
• No doubt the World Cup that year helped elevate the trend.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• All three played on the American team which won the World Cup in Australia in 2022.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2024
• At least one other World Cup city dealt with a mass shooting on the same day.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• The decree was issued on the day that Italy won an important match in the World Cup.
  — Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• Yes, the Cornhuskers’ volleyball match had even more fans in the stands than the Women’s World Cup.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
• And Kansas City will be on the international stage as a host of the 2026 World Cup.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Charles met with sports stars at the dinner but won’t be attending the Rugby World Cup while in France.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The big arc was the red card [during the 1998 World Cup] and how horribly he and his wife were treated in the aftermath.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
• Israel qualified in June of last year for its first Under-20 World Cup.
  — Graham Dunbar, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Women’s World Cup last summer showed just how much women’s soccer around the world has grown.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
• Saudi Arabia itself will host the 2034 men’s World Cup.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• The nation is riding high on the glory of Messi and last year's victory in the World Cup, its first since 1986.
  — David Unsworth, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the film, set during the World Cup final, a group of torturers kidnaps a group of young people.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 May 2024
• Messi, in his fifth World Cup, steadied his nation’s nerves.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• England went on to lose that match on penalties and crashed out of the World Cup, unleashing a tidal wave of abuse towards Beckham.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• At the time, the country was gearing up to host the Rugby World Cup, adding pressure on the French transport authority to do away with the pests swiftly.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
• But back home, merely the hint of success, Juncos said, can send sports fans into a craze akin to the mania seen during last year’s title-run in the men’s World Cup.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
• To persuade some of the rebels to return for the World Cup, the federation had made some accommodations.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Speaking to reporters before the World Cup began last month, Azam spoke of his excitement at being in the country.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• Instead, they're now left with difficult decisions that will need to be made in the two-year buildup to just the second World Cup ever held stateside.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• Israel hasn’t qualified for the sport’s World Cup competition in more than 50 years.
  — Tim Loh, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
• The last international championship title for the England team was the World Cup in 1966.
  — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 July 2024
• There are nine World Cup veterans but also four women who have yet to play in a professional game.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Those two events helped the quarter overcome the absence in the current-year period of the Women’s World Cup, which lifted the fiscal 2024 period.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
• The year-ago period also included lower costs for leagues paused because of the soccer World Cup.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• Zidane’s most memorable moment on a soccer pitch was his sending off in the World Cup final against Italy in 2006, all but costing his team the match and the tournament.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024