reign

You hesitate to call it a must-win so soon in Pocognoli's reign, but for feel-good purposes it really is.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

Doing so showed that her father’s ties to Rome extended to her reign as well.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

Egotism reigns in our modern world, and only those brave enough to stand up to it can impede its rule.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 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

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

Ahead of the trip, Palace sources said the King could play a unique role in supporting a UK and US partnership that had "survived many presidencies and of course many reigns".

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

He took the reigns of that man’s fear and gave him peace.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

There’s no more fitting description of a documentary that’s cobbled together from the dying gasps of ’90s fashion culture, when glamor and mischief reigned supreme.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

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 co-hosts were comfortably leading Paraguay 3-0 when confusion reigned in the Group D game.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The imposing brick Sherman Hotel reigned from the far end of town.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Most of the anxiety-slash-blame was dumped upon Maye, the third-year quarterback and reigning MVP runner-up who’d guided New England to a 14-3 regular season and a run to the Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Dodgers are the reigning back-to-back champions and are aiming to become the first National League team to win three World Series in a row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The reigning Olympic and world champion has not lost a match since March and added the Aichi-Nagoya crown to her Games title from China three years ago.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Also back on the dancefloor for a final spin was reigning Strictly champion, former Lionness Karen Carney.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

They didn’t know they were dealing with the reigning champs of the Maryvale College sports day.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah