king
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The tapestry begins in 1064 or 65, when Harold, the most powerful earl in England and brother-in-law of king Edward the Confessor, is sent to Normandy, now in northern France.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Her account begins with a description of the Ithacan king as “a complicated man” who, in strikingly passive phrasing, “wandered and was lost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ward saw how "it took over all the city right through until the early hours of the morning, with the king out celebrating as well".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
From musty star maps to ratty psychics, the movie so adores Los Angeles that Thomas Lennon’s hair stylist character is a riff on local billboard king Chaz Dean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
And I was Queen Elizabeth the First because she had red hair and she was queen of England without a king or prince or anything.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
When it comes to players winning their individual battles, Panama's Jiovany Ramos and Senegal's Krépin Diatta were the kings of the 50-50s in the first round.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
At a recent panel called ‘Living Legends of Drag: Stories of LGBTQ+ Artistry & Culture,’ two Latine drag kings — Manny Oakley and El Daña — connected their struggles across generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
He became a model for the kings of Wessex in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The Louvre, the seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, now receives around nine million visitors a year.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
“The true kings of the jungle. At least when there aren’t any dragons around.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
The Ducks kinged the Kings, in essence, by retrenching and building a defense-first focus that offered players a way out of a deep deficit and paved the way for offense to follow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2016
He took a white piece from the pile beside the board and kinged his man.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
He kinged it in the coffee-house, then the fashionable place at which the wits gathered, as Jonson had in the tavern.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Taka, daughter of chiefs and Fiji's pride, 3Lily of maidens, was betrothed to him; Desirous eyes kinged him with envy's crown.
From The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea by La Farge, John
Its lords had borne a glorious name; God kinged them when the season came.
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius
As Daemon put it in that meeting — he, too, has obvious flaws but also an early knack for saying what we’re all thinking — the thing the king is worst at is kinging.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
“I’m watching girls and performers of all genders who maybe five years ago would have gone into burlesque who now are seeing drag kinging as the ultimate art form,” Mr. Grrrl said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
What could have made this performance closer to kinging?
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2020
What about her performance struck you as a good criticism of the male perspective, even though she may not be kinging?
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2020
Both the boys claimed to excel in the art of kinging the ring; but, unfortunately, neither one had a top with him.
From Left Behind or, Ten Days a Newsboy by Otis, James
