king
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One big change in Bowl priorities has been the rise of pop as king.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
If only he let the scene play a little longer, he’d hear Mufasa’s critical addendum: “There’s more to being king than getting your way all the time.”
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The video has caused a sharp divide on social media - some have accused the king of displaying abusive and undignified behaviour, while others criticised the queen for airing private matters in public.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
“In Mariposa, the king and the queen made sure everybody got what they needed,” Natalie said, “and everybody was happy.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
But tonight, their team known as the "Albirroja" -- alluding to the blue and red of their jersey -- were kings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
The playwrights of Athens dramatized the tragic tales of kings, including Xerxes of Persia, whose overweening ambitions led the rulers to ruin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
And after King Lune's death they made a good King and Queen of Archenland and Ram the Great, the most famous of all the kings of Archenland, was their son.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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
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
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
Yet know I am but the ineffectual Shade Of her the Travailler, herself a thrall To It; in all her labourings curbed and kinged!
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
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
If Taylor Swift was to take what she did in this video and then perform as this character, that makes it more like drag kinging, because now she’s reusing this character.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2020
Even old Richard I, who'd been pretty wild during the first forty-odd years of his life, had settled down to do a magnificent job of kinging for the next twenty years.
From The Eyes Have It by Garrett, Randall
