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squire

[skwahyuhr] / skwaɪər /




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Buffered by wealth and social position, Darwin was able to reconcile, like few of his peers, the secluded life of a country squire with the exacting demands of scientific work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But Dunk declines, offering to take Egg as his squire only if the boy keeps roaming with him.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

They repeat history when the child becomes the wanna-be knight’s squire, and together they prepare for a match that Dunk is wholly unsuited to win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

It follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

As a squire he could sleep ten hours a night and still be yawning when he stumbled out onto the practice yard.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“We have a team of original Medieval Times knights and squires in place, and we look forward to hosting our guests at our already scheduled performances,” Sobol said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

Only about 44 individuals, residents of two mobile home parks in the district, have votes, an arrangement that resembles the “rotten boroughs” of British history — parliamentary districts controlled by individual squires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2022

The sort of — low gentry squires, vicar's sons, this sort of thing.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2019

The woman defended her choice, claiming her family is descended from a long line of “both squires and senators.”

From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2018

The fire had started to dwindle by' the time Melisandre and the squires departed with the precious sword.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

My 14-year-old son recently sent me a photo of our dog, Sugaree, taken last December as she was squired about town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

He came to California in 1926 and squired around silent movie actress Aileen Pringle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

“Showcasing the dogs — letting people see a good dog,” says Vickie Venzen of Jarretsville, Maryland, who handled Coco on Monday while daughter Tia Williams squired Sapphire.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

Charles squired her to the opening for several years, inheriting a role long played by Philip.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

"I am. I was bom on the Doroish Marches, Your Grace. As a boy I squired for a knight of Lord Swann's household."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

James, lured to Hollywood to appear in films, began squiring noted pinup and star of movie musicals Betty Grable, who became his second wife.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022

Treating this kind of team-wide malaise doesn’t necessarily mean culling the entire team, or even squiring off its oldest players with a testimonial and a watch.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2021

So is squiring musician Grimes to the Met Gala.

From The Verge ● May 8, 2021

Riskin had a different set of romantic problems - if squiring Loretta Young and other actresses to nightclubs and turning down Carole Lombard’s marriage proposal could be called problems.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2019

Allan has been squiring me about, all the morning.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster




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