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kingdom

[king-duhm] / ˈkɪŋ dəm /


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The explosions heard in Riyadh came hours after the Houthis in Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia, claimed their latest attack on the kingdom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Professor Anderson added: "Until that evidence becomes available, the precise birth date of the animal kingdom remains uncertain."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Last month, France and the U.K. said they would offer defensive assistance to Saudi Arabia, while Greece is operating U.S.-made Patriot missile batteries in the kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, since flights between the U.A.E. and Israel began after they diplomatically recognized each other in 2020, there have been incidents where Israel-bound planes have made emergency landings in the kingdom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Back in Romania, there was no celebration like this, not even on the day commemorating when Wallachia and Moldavia had united to form the kingdom.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The kingdoms were abolished in 1967, but the government under President Yoweri Museveni restored them in the early 1990s.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The story is that in this period Scandinavia became distinct unified Christian kingdoms from a series of disparate and decentralized pagan tribes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Uganda is governed by an elected president and parliament, but it has several traditional kingdoms that continue to have significant cultural influence despite not having political power.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

To reach the common ancestor shared by the plant and animal kingdoms, Anderson says researchers must look back to around 1.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

China consisted then of kingdoms with rich elites and poorer commoners, living in walled towns, and on the verge of political unification to become the world’s largest empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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