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
  • There’s much misinformation about who actually pays tariffs Trump is a proponent of tariffs, insisting that they are paid for by foreign countries.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, is also a staunch free speech proponent.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Wednesday, Lyle Menendez reacted to the news to his supporters and family in a Facebook post.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
  • While Dean was extremely private throughout Parton’s career — there are very few photos posted of him online, outside of throwback photos Parton has shared and the album cover for My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy — he’s remained a huge supporter and muse for the singer.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 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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