empire

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From the Empire State Building to One World Trade Center, skyscrapers were lit up orange and blue - the Knicks' team colours.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Romm notes that though the Roman Empire in Stobaeus’ time was largely Christianized, there’s little evidence of that in the anthology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

While the ad for the in-universe furniture store Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire plays, a phone number with a South Bay area code flashes in a supertitle.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Victor Glover, who grew up in the Inland Empire, is now the only pilot to have flown NASA’s Orion capsule.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

On the small bodice the pearls were worked in a shape Ged knew: the double arrow of the GodBrothers of the Kargad Empire, surmounted by a king’s crown.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin