reigning

Example Sentences

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Yet in the wake of those episodes, the reigning Greek powers of the day, Athens and Sparta, did more or less as the Persians had done.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Having started playing on the red dirt aged three, 21-year-old Sierra demonstrated her ability by recently pushing reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff in Rome.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Before that, they battled past reigning English Prem champions Bath in the last four and disposed of Top 14 champions Toulouse in the quarter-finals.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The Canadian rapper unexpectedly released not one but three albums last week—‘Iceman,’ ‘Maid of Honour’ and ‘Habibti’—and the result is an overlong, uneven statement from one of hip-hop’s reigning figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Charles Kalme, a Latvian-born sixteen-year-old, was a handsome and polite boy who’d spent years in a displaced persons’ camp and was the reigning U.S.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady