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Your underperforming reign makes the McCourts of Dodgers infamy seem as amazing and beloved as the O’Malleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

And of course those hearings, which didn’t go especially well for either McCarthy or Cohn, effectively ended McCarthy’s reign as a power in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Harald, 89, who was seen as a moderniser and "people's king" during his 35-year reign, died in hospital on Friday morning after being treated for a rare blood condition.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The art of fine carpet weaving was introduced in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir in the 15th century by Persian travellers, and received patronage during the reign of its last local king Zain-ul-Abidin Budshah.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

“If perfection were possible, which type would reign? Moral perfection? Mental perfection? Would the smarter man win, or the stronger? The dark-skinned or light-skinned? Would the winner be the most beautiful?”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

But the poll noted that Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, had higher favorability ratings among American Catholics during the same time in their respective reigns — 90% to Leo’s 75%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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

An easy camaraderie reigns by the second full day of the March retreat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

So her reigns of error smacked of good intentions and were never as juicy as Fifi's.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Friday and Sunday evenings, Stravinsky, who reigned over the festival in the 1950s, and Schoenberg had pride of place as the two pillars of midcentury 20th century music in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The result, she said, is that “the days when dad books reigned supreme are gone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

After three hit films and a West End musical that reigned at the Olivier Awards last weekend, a fourth big-screen outing was confirmed at CinemaCon.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, the holiday overshadowed by the war.

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

To make the occasion even more special, she has been drawn against world number two Elena Rybakina, a two-time major winner and the reigning Australian Open champion.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Cowboys’ model is reigning national champion Indiana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Oyo, who Guinness World Records listed as the world's youngest reigning monarch, external, ruled over more than two million people.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The reigning NBA champion New York Knicks, Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs and James’ Philadelphia 76ers each have 34 nationally televised regular-season games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

In no time, Seaborg became one of the Rad Lab’s reigning radiochemistry experts while also serving as Lewis’s personal research assistant.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik