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The young adult novel follows Zélie Adebola as she tries to bring magic back to the mythical kingdom of Orïsha after a ruthless king wiped it out.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Araspe, the king of Cyprus, and his sister, Elisa, are in love with these two exiles and determined to have them no matter what.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

He toiled earlier in the race before coming into great form to claim the king of the mountains' polka dot jersey.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

That seemed OK with the packed crowd that watched him headline Saturday night, rolling through all the Stooges and solo classics that made him the king of the underground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The king waved one of his soldiers to come forth and issued a command in his ear.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Under this traditional model, kings, priests, and other powerful leaders gained control of wealth and resources, causing the divide between rich and poor to expand.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

He told of Roman legions who had come to Britain centuries before, and of Saxon and Danish kings who in turn had ruled their land.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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

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

What could have made this performance closer to kinging?

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