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kingdom

[king-duhm] / ˈkɪŋ dəm /


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The king’s radical passivity undermines the kingdom just as the inaction and indeterminacy of his story subvert the premise of historical re-enactment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In recent years, headlines about the country focused on the scale of its ambition, or the fantastical giga-projects girding Vision 2030, the full-steam-ahead drive to remake the kingdom into a business and entertainment powerhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

On Sunday the kingdom began hosting the World Petroleum Congress, an event that normally draws oil heavyweights from across the world, including energy ministers as well as CEOs from BP, Exxon Mobil Corp.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish possess some of the most sophisticated nervous systems in the animal kingdom, giving them remarkable abilities such as solving problems and rapidly changing their appearance to blend into their surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

She rid the kingdom of the dragon, and then made it its king.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

The story is that in this period Scandinavia became distinct unified Christian kingdoms from a series of disparate and decentralized pagan tribes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

A bitter succession dispute has erupted in one of Uganda's traditional kingdoms, days before the burial of its late king, who until his death had been the world's youngest reigning monarch.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

To reach the common ancestor shared by the plant and animal kingdoms, Anderson says researchers must look back to around 1.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

As owners of land, the Ulster Scots could think of themselves as wealthy, as having their own kingdoms to rule over.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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