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After Duncan is dead, Macbeth worries that his friend Banquo’s line will end up on the throne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Walls will begin to whisper throughout. You get to take Paul’s throne and see the desert come alive around you. Guests may even find out if they have what it takes to ride a sandworm.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

But Kijanangoma, 56, has now become the subject of media attention himself - his rise to the Tooro throne sparking controversy and widespread reactions beyond the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Orange Order is an pro-British organisation that takes its name from William of Orange, the Protestant Dutchman who seized the English, Scottish and Ireland throne from Catholic King James II in 1689.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Nyame slumped down in the throne behind them.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Across 58 scenes the British Museum counts 737 animals, 627 figures, 416 plants, 115 swords, 37 ships, 33 buildings, 23 trees, 11 thrones, four sea crossings, two feasts, and the first depiction of Halley’s Comet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The ceremony then culminated with Mullally being seated in two different thrones.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

Warner Bros.’ sale has become the industry’s game of thrones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

Farther up, another channel, ABP, turned for the second straight night to a program that made its intentions abundantly clear: “Who Will Become Prime Minister?” read the poster for the show, decorated with red thrones.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

The stone is strong, Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones.

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

A hoarder of women, art, antiquities — and most of all, money — Getty also might have taken issue with Portia’s claim that mercy “becomes the throned monarch better than his crown.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

So Blatter is seeking to be throned for another four years as Fifa big cheese at the elections to be held in June.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2011

The spectacle of John L. Lewis on Organized Labor's pinnacle, throned on Coal and crowned with Steel, is not fantastic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind the desk, in the chair, Franz Rosenzweig was throned.

From Time Magazine Archive

A kingdom where kings are throned and dethroned daily.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

How heartily she rained them on the Tuileries and the majesty of the imperial court, throning on high above an abject and trembling people.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola

According to the ethics of the day, he was a model citizen, whereas Antony throning as Osiris with a female Mithridates for consort, was as oblivious of Roman dignity as of conjugal faith.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

Don Enrique, returning, told me of it in his room at night, of the Christian service in the mosque and the throning in the Alhambra.

From 1492 by Mary Johnston

Thus toward that throning bosom Where all earth is warmed,—each spot Nourished with autumnal blessings - Icy chill was Daphne caught.

From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith

These kings sought to crown that semi-barbarous occupation of North Italy during two centuries by throning themselves in Rome, and making the Pope their vassal.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies