doge

Example Sentences

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Its first doges, or leaders, sailed to the spot where the lagoon meets the sea and tossed a gold ring off a ship to signify Venice’s marriage to the sea.

From New York Times

"Yeah, I haven't & won't sell any Doge," Musk said on Twitter in response to a tweet claiming he would never sell any his doge holdings and that he was the "ultimate hodler."

From Reuters

They even created quarantine stations on military bases, the equivalent of Venice’s island lazarettos, where, in the time of the doges, the infected awaited their fate outside the city.

From New York Times

By the 12th century, the doge would annually drop a ring into the Adriatic to symbolically wed the sea.

From Washington Post

It’s just as likely that the doge intended to isolate the glassworkers and their workshops to keep competitors away and protect the Venetian monopoly.

From Seattle Times