white knight

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Recent Examples of white knight Roksanda found a white knight in The Brand Group, which purchased the fashion label founded in 2005. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024 And this is an enormous deficit, a deficit that is in the range of the COVID deficits, without the benefit of any white knights. Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024 Here, his white knight’s armor is sullied before his face is scarred, and how that fits this version of Gotham City makes for a fitting rallying cry all its own. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024 Related Articles Friday was the deadline for Express to come up with a white knight/restructuring plan. David Moin, WWD, 14 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for white knight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white knight
Noun
  • Apple has long been a vocal proponent of the sanctity of its users’ personal data.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the conservative Center of Immigration Studies and former deputy general counsel at Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration, has been a strong proponent of the act.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And in Sunday’s unique atmosphere, embracing the moment in front of a vocal crowd of Yomiuri Giants supporters.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • His daughter, Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte, visited him in the court's detention center Friday and met with supporters outside the court.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The crackdown drew criticism from free speech advocates and intensified national debates over the rights of students to engage in political activism.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • His first son, Lincoln Gabriel, died by suicide in 2013, turning his father into a suicide-prevention advocate.
    Nora Gámez Torres and, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For much of the second decade of this century, these efforts were overseen by the man who became the leading exponent of forward defense: Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Brutalism is once again the matter of mainstream discourse with the release of The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour film about an exponent of the style named Lászlo Tóth.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025

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“White knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20knight. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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