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king

[king] / kɪŋ /


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At any time his ailing father, King Salman, 90, could die, elevating MBS to king.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Left-armer Mitchell Starc's haul of 89 wickets in 15 Tests has positioned him as the undisputed pink-ball king.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Police on Sunday cleared the last major migrant encampment in Ceuta, two days before a visit by Spain's king and queen, AFP reporters at the scene and the interior ministry said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

We have king tide-like flooding,’” Swain said in a recent livestream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

There was once a young king who had been set an impossible task.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Drama kings say this illustrates the death of old-school masculinity, while medical experts such as Goncalves attribute it to other factors, including an increase in obesity and diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Dozens of European royals and heads of state, including the Prince of Wales and three Nordic kings, have paid their last respects to King Harald V in Oslo.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Don Omar remains one of the undisputed kings of reggaeton, helping to bring the genre to a wider audience and strengthen its dominance in popular culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The kings of Denmark and Sweden called Harald an "extraordinary" leader and good friend who unified his country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

In the hall of the home, Celina Aunty set up a little crèche, a set of dolls in a stable: baby Yesu, Mary, Joseph, three kings, a drummer boy, and lots of animals.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

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

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 John La Farge

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 Thomas Hardy

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 Epiphanius Wilson

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 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

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 Randall Garrett


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