consort
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Yet the role of a do-nothing prince consort doesn’t suit the dutiful, and now fiercely faithful, Alfred, and a war of wills—and of the sexes—ensues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
This upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 season has been inspired by Vietnam's former ruling Nguyen dynasty, notably Emperor Khai Dinh and the last empress consort, Nam Phuong, who both lived under colonial French rule.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The next great constitutional upheaval in Britain, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, displaced King James II in favor his daughter Mary and her consort, William of Orange.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
“This Ghiscari lordling is no fit consort for the queen of the Seven Kingdoms.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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According to the New York Times, it chose not to pursue prosecution because it worried that some potential witnesses, be they fellow partiers or former youthful consorts, “might not have stood up well under cross-examination.”
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024
Male squid born between early April and mid-July grow large before starting reproduction and become consorts.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
But the first break with tradition comes here: previously, consorts were crowned with new headpieces, created just for this moment.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign’s powers, and dropping the “consort” part of the title won’t change that.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
The jaunty patterns of popular dances were put together into contrasting groups of three to provide variation - slow-fast-slow or fast-slow-fast - even when the consorts were not accompanying actual dancing.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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In 2022, Maxwell, who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in helping Epstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
It might be Greenwich Village, Logan Circle or Silver Lake, any of the urban neighborhoods across America where gays, feminists, punks, greens, rappers and activists crossed and consorted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017
But he played football, consorted with the town’s bad boys, and cultivated a blustery front.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
They lived for a time in New York, where they consorted with the downtown art crowd of .
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2011
But as you rightly point out, it's rather gratifying to have consorted with him.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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She surely wasn’t worried about consorting with the enemy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
The privilege of consorting with a fox cost more than I had already paid.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
At the same time, UAE officials were consorting with Barrack, the energy-rich Gulf state rewarded him by pouring millions of dollars into his business ventures.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Jeanne, the prioress who fantasizes about Grandier, is rebuffed by him and later accuses him of consorting with the devil.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
There was once a king who had three daughters, all lovely maidens, but the youngest, Psyche, excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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