monarch
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Ms. Williams delights in the paradoxes of butterfly evolution, including monarch caterpillars’ calibrated resistance to milkweed toxins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The monarch had broken ground on the project in 2023 and also previously visited in 2020 and in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
His role was central to the day because prime ministers are formally appointed by the sitting monarch, who is head of state.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A Nigerian court Friday dismissed a lawsuit by a traditional monarch in the oil-rich delta region seeking to halt Shell's plan to offload its onshore assets over accusations of decades of environmental pollution.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
I need to be more formal, more sure that it is my right to be allowed in front of a monarch, as though I am used to it.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Almost all the sitting heads of state who appear on the circulating coins that I analyzed are hereditary monarchs.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The monarchs always seem to find my garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Raoni, chief of the Kayapo people, has traveled around the world for decades to advocate for the Amazon rainforest and traditional Indigenous communities, lobbying heads of state, monarchs and popes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Autocratic monarchs once left an echo of their glory in the ruins of the megaprojects they commanded at the peak of their unchallenged power.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Bach’s interest in counterpoint, though, was not about putting haughty monarchs in their place, nor about solving puzzles and codes for the sake of it.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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