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David Starkey’s account of Henry VIII’s reign takes us, day by day, from Greenwich and Westminster to Hampton Court, alongside Henry and his successive queens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Relations between the Qumran sect and the ruling Hasmonean dynasty improved during the reign of Alexander Jannaeus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Nine months after an injury ended his reign as flyweight champion in just 26 seconds, the Brazilian returned to the Octagon to try to reclaim the belt that slipped away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Mrs. Hauser’s doorbell was made from a gold Sovereign dating back to the reign of King Edward IV. I pressed it.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

Chaos reigns in “Your Mother,” and not just with Latif’s fraught attempts to secure breast milk, which are portrayed as either comedic or dramatic depending on the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm identify three rulers who do not appear on the list but whose reigns can be reconstructed from other surviving evidence.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

It became one of the longest chart reigns of all time in the UK where it sold more than 1.9 million copies.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

In an era when divisiveness reigns and everything seems to be designed to keep us at each other’s throats, Byrd makes camaraderie look as simple as it is.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

But we have no documents from the Natufian culture, so when dealing with ancient periods the materialist school reigns supreme.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Clarke earned four Emmy nominations during “Game of Thrones’” run for portraying Daenerys Targaryen, one of the last surviving members of the family that long reigned over Westeros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

But expressions turned to anxiety and caution reigned, as the vote count progressed and the left-wing bloc's lead began to shrink.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

With the exception of the liberalizing Alexander II, who reigned from 1855 to 1881, that gives the Romanovs too much credit, but the path was plausible enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

And for years, “Sgt. Pepper” reigned supreme, routinely topping “best of” lists as the finest album ever recorded.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

In the playing hall itself, decorum and quiet reigned.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The ailing quarterbacks include the reigning Super Bowl champion, the Seattle Seahawks’ Sam Darnold, and Caleb Williams, who was carted off a week after leading the Chicago Bears to a 59-point explosion in their opener.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Brighton have won at home against the reigning Premier League champions in each of the last three seasons.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

This time, they went with the man who can call himself the reigning Super Bowl MVP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“It’s a little bit of an earlier start for us,” the reigning NFL most valuable players said, “but I think our body clocks will be right on and ready to go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

“I wanted to get back to this question of reigning in hell being better than serving in heaven.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely