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Partnering with Pepsi, the Houston rapper sits as an empress, celebrating the return of the NFL season and the release of Paramount Pictures’ Gladiator II in theaters this fall.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024
But in all the nation's imperial history, there has never been a single emperor or empress from the matrilineal line, said Japan Today.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
Drag performers who are crowned emperor or empress of a city must raise money for civic organizations.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 8 July 2024
The five-day hospital stay caused the princess to miss several engagements this week, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace held for the emperor and empress of Japan on the first day of their state visit to the United Kingdom.
—Max Foster, CNN, 28 June 2024
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024
But in all the nation's imperial history, there has never been a single emperor or empress from the matrilineal line, said Japan Today.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
Drag performers who are crowned emperor or empress of a city must raise money for civic organizations.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 8 July 2024
The five-day hospital stay caused the princess to miss several engagements this week, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace held for the emperor and empress of Japan on the first day of their state visit to the United Kingdom.
—Max Foster, CNN, 28 June 2024
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Illiberal leaders select their cabinet members in the same way that emperors used to choose the governors of rebellious provinces: What matters most is the appointee’s loyalty and capacity to resist being suborned or co-opted by others.Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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An outdoor-loving aristocrat, she was credited for creating an atmosphere of normality for the young princes, particularly after their mother’s death in 1997.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
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The original tale of Simba released more than 30 years ago was brought to life by an all-star cast that included Matthew Broderick as the voice of the lion prince, James Earl Jones in the role of Mufasa, Jeremy Irons as Scar, Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi, and Rowan Atkinson as Zazu.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks on a galactic mission to rescue her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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Robert Hardman, author of The Making of a King: Charles III and the Modern Monarchy, tells PEOPLE that the princess may still be healing.Janine Henni, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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The king of TDs at a position should be the No. 1 pick at the position.Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump: Comeback king Fortunes have truly reversed for former president turned President-elect Trump.Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
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David Sacks, Trump’s pick for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar, thanked Trump and Musk for setting the stage for Meta’s moves.William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Trump also appointed the nation's first crypto and artificial intelligence czar, the prominent venture capitalist David Sacks, who is expected to help shape friendlier policies to both sectors.Rafael Nam, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Empress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empress. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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