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Recent Examples of knight
Michael Cuby, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
In this film, her character falls for a handsome knight who magically gets transported to the present day.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
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From Wicked to lesbian knight romance, the fall 2024 calendar is packed with LGBTQ+ fare.
—Michael Cuby, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
In this film, her character falls for a handsome knight who magically gets transported to the present day.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
He was knighted by King James I after returning to England in 1617.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
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Harry's case involves discussing highly emotional subjects, including the demise of his past relationship with Chelsy Davy, who the prince believes was driven away by the intrusion of the press.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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People who have publicly called for change or criticized the crown prince have been jailed or banned from traveling abroad.Aya Batrawy, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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Nurmagomedov looked the part of a future champion against Sandhagen.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Joey Logano, the current NASCAR Cup Series champion, shed light on the profound influence Roger Penske wields.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Each replica was specially commissioned and made by the Iwasaki Group, which created replicas of some dishes for the very first time.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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One day, the men are commissioned by Van Buren’s son, Harry (Joe Alwyn), to remodel the study at his father’s grand countryside estate as a birthday surprise.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The same goes for reservists required to report for duty and drills.Brian Bennett, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Local News Worried Natick residents blasted the Select Board for passing a sanctuary-like policy just days after the arrest of a local Iranian national in connection with a fatal drone strike that killed three U.S. Army reservists.Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lobo, who won the AP female athlete of the year award after lifting UConn to its first national championship, was on the court for the launch of the WNBA two years later.Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Used consistently, the formula can give the lashes a curled, lifted look without the help of a prescription drug.Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
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The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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The seven people killed in shootings included at least three from the Indigenous Kanak community and two gendarmes.Sylvie Corbet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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Which reveals the third culprit that prevents people from unlocking powerful eye contact: not knowing how to improve it.Michael Chad Hoeppner, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
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Life advice Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images Fraudsters are improving their scams with the help of artificial intelligence.Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Dec. 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 31 Dec. 2024.
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