courtiers
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The potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Working through more than 6,500 pages in Kolkata's National Library, he followed princes, generals, courtiers, royal women, imperial eunuchs and many others through tens of thousands of entries.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
It was the stick he waved around the world to achieve his foreign policy aims, to show favor and disfavor, to offer or withhold exemptions to courtiers.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
Stoppard announced himself with “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” an absurdist lark that views “Hamlet” from the keyhole perspective of two courtiers jockeying for position in the new regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
With wide-open eyes, she chattered to invisible courtiers and plucked nervously at her silver necklace.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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