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Recent Examples of knight
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The most impressive space, though, might be the armory, which features 18th-century ceiling frescoes and displays armor worn by medieval knights and their horses.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Other notable names given honors this iteration include Gareth Southgate, former manager of England’s national football team, and London mayor Sadiq Khan, who were both knighted in the New Year Honors.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
For the show, the duo built an office space embedded with silicone paintings full of chivalric symbols: the mirror, the castle, the knight, the enchanted woods.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The most impressive space, though, might be the armory, which features 18th-century ceiling frescoes and displays armor worn by medieval knights and their horses.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
He’d previously been knighted, and, separately, appointed for life to the Order of Merit, an élite cultural coterie of twenty-four, chosen by the reigning monarch.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Other notable names given honors this iteration include Gareth Southgate, former manager of England’s national football team, and London mayor Sadiq Khan, who were both knighted in the New Year Honors.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
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Despite failing to produce a breakthrough, the meeting illustrated the convening reach of the crown prince and his intention to act as a diplomatic go-between in the Ukraine-Russia war.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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Recommended Safety As Trump proves unreliable, Europe rushes to firm up defenses on its own Saudi oil also gives the crown prince sway over the global supply of crude and its price.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 2025
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Sir Mohammed — whose father, Nazr, is an NBA champion and now the general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s G League affiliate — totaled four points on 2 of 3 shots and grabbed a rebound in Notre Dame’s victory.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
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And the conference champion, of course, will get an automatic bid to the big bracket, with no sweating on Sunday.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2025
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The city has already commissioned studies confirming this need.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Orlando Family Stage, which specializes in theater for young audiences, has been commissioning new plays and shepherding them for years.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
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Responding to internal and external pressure, Taiwan lengthened its conscription term in 2024 from four months to one year for all Taiwanese men born after 2005 and updated the curriculum for conscripts and reservists to include some live-fire drills.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Included in the 5,000 are the additional troops deployed to join the 2,500 federalized National Guardsmen and reservists who had been serving as part of a border mission established by the Trump administration in 2018.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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At the end of the exhale, tuck your tailbone and lift your hips 3 to 4 inches off the floor, keeping your lower back flat.—
Dana Santas,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this week, the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after imposing the measures follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tense meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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Some, for example, may overcome their longstanding reluctance to send their own gendarmes to provide civil order in Gaza during reconstruction, as an alternative to taking Palestinians into their own country.—
Carine Harb,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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If the product on the field, court or marketplace isn’t improving, a new logo won’t fix it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Gait or balance training can improve your walking and strength, while treadmill training may improve walking speed and stride length.67 Tai chi may improve limb strength, balance, and awareness of movements in people with Parkinson's disease.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
15 Mar. 2025
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Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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