knight

“If I move my knight here, my opponent will move their rook here, and then I’ll have to…” This is an invaluable skill for life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Instead, the story of a lone knight and his young companion forges a new tonal path in the “Game of Thrones” universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

His highest honour yet came on Tuesday, when the 48-year-old became a knight of the National Order of the Leopard.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

In Shakespeare’s “Henry VI, Part 1,” the brave nobleman Talbot sneers at any knight who is “quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

I pick up my knight, just to do something.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

For the unfamiliar, Anakin was a member of an order of space knights.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

A year later, the two knights took their talents to Broadway, alternating performances of Waiting for Godot with Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Harold’s knights pivot from acclaiming him with open palms and loyal smiles to pointing fearfully at the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

We’re obviously very thematically about fathers and sons, knights and squires, and, to a certain extent brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

Oriana is there already, standing beside one of Madoc’s best knights and looking as though she wishes she could be anywhere else.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

In April of that year, he was knighted for services to cricket.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Now 50 years old, he lives and works in England, where he was born, raised and knighted, and the distance between Sir Demis Hassabis and Silicon Valley gives him a different perspective altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The former history teacher was knighted in 2019.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Once knighted, each man rose, buckled on his swordbelt, and stood beneath the windows.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

As she wrapped “The Northman,” Eggers gave her a sword, knighting her with it as he presented it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

With many outgoing prime ministers in their final days often rewarding or knighting members of their loyal staff, perhaps a chance to repair the relationship still remains.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2019

Yes, he was very sweet to Brienne, especially in that impromptu knighting ceremony, and yes, it was nice to see the Lannister brothers make up after letting Cersei come between them one too many times.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2019

It was only after she was told that people thought her insane that she backed down on knighting him in 1897, the year of her diamond jubilee.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2017

The knighting took place in a whirl of preparations.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White