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as in prince
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as in champion
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Recent Examples of knight
Stacy Lambe, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
That means dressing up as a knight, king, queen, lord or lady, maybe even a peasant or fairy.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Starmer was knighted in 2014 for his services to criminal justice, after his time as director of public prosecutions — one of the most senior criminal prosecutor roles in the country.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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Noun
While the series has seen Nadja have an affair with a knight named Gregor (Jake McDorman), moonlight as a manager of a nightclub and interact with a doll inhabited by her human ghost, the character has never been pregnant.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
That means dressing up as a knight, king, queen, lord or lady, maybe even a peasant or fairy.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Starmer was knighted in 2014 for his services to criminal justice, after his time as director of public prosecutions — one of the most senior criminal prosecutor roles in the country.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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The mayor added that having the prince visit was a boost to the area.Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Abdulaziz was sentenced to five years in prison—a severe punishment for a prince.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Take it from one of the early champions of disposable packaging.Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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The report does not identify Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, by name, but the address in the report matches public records for Mahomes.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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It was originally commissioned and premiered by the San José Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with the Cypress Quartet in 2010.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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In a warm surprise, an excerpt of Self’s 2021 performance commissioned by the organization, Sounding Board, was performed with the original costumes (a collaboration between Performa, the artist, and UGG) and performers from the show.Sam Falb, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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Back in May, more than 40 reservists signed a letter after Israeli forces invaded the southern Gazan city of Rafah.Zeena Saifi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Asians in the military were represented by Jia Liu, a Chinese-American U.S. Marine Corps reservist from New York who was later arrested on charges relating to his participation that day and, in a separate case, was convicted of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to fellow reservists.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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How much weight a child can lift is far less important than teaching them good movement patterns.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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The officer and the man continue to argue, and the driver lifts an index finger up to his mouth, as if gesturing for the officer to be quiet.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In 1897, years before fingerprinting became widespread, French gendarmes used it to identify the serial killer Joseph Vacher.Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
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Seeing the knife, the gendarmes arrest him; Modi is home free.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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To improve insulin sensitivity: Diabetes is a huge threat.Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The tragedy put a face on the problem, prompting citizens to take independent steps to improve pedestrian safety in some neighborhoods while waiting for public officials to take a more holistic response.Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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