crowned

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By the time Coppola readied her pivotal first film, “The Virgin Suicides,” Jacobs was crowned the powerhouse creative director of Louis Vuitton, tasked with infusing a stale heritage luxury brand with youthful energy.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

At this year's awards, held on March 15, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" -- a wild tale of leftist revolutionaries, white supremacists and immigrant detention centers -- was crowned as best picture.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Claude took 12 minutes to think about its bracket, which is more time than most humans devoted to this exercise, and crowned Illinois as its contrarian national champion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Switching gears again, he imagined himself an Oscar recipient, crowned and robed and serenaded by Josh Groban.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

On one, she embroidered a cross of bright blue yarn and on the other, a golden heart crowned with brown thorns.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith