reigning
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The company will change its name to MSG Knickerbockers Corp., which will span both the reigning NBA champion New York Knicks and the Westchester Knicks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
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
He proved to be fully up to the challenge, reigning as the star of two front-page articles in the New York Times and a prominent feature in Time magazine.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
