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Ultimately, for investors, it comes down to this: Buying the stock is a vote for their reign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

It is an old adage in baseball that good pitching beats good hitting—which is especially true in October, when fastball velocities climb and aces reign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"This is the biggest risk of his reign so far with so much just outside of his control," said author and historian Sir Anthony Seldon.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz returns with ‘Ply,’ an ambitious, science-fiction leap into a fallen metropolis where art and anarchy reign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The passing of the regent removed from the scene an enlightened and tolerant man who achieved the goal that marks the reign of all great leaders: he kept his people united.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Since then, however, that patience seems to be wearing thin, with the average length of managerial reigns steadily plummeting.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm identify three rulers who do not appear on the list but whose reigns can be reconstructed from other surviving evidence.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

In an era when divisiveness reigns and everything seems to be designed to keep us at each other’s throats, Byrd makes camaraderie look as simple as it is.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

An easy camaraderie reigns by the second full day of the March retreat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

The brevity of the reigns of the popes was the cause.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But expressions turned to anxiety and caution reigned, as the vote count progressed and the left-wing bloc's lead began to shrink.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

There’s no more fitting description of a documentary that’s cobbled together from the dying gasps of ’90s fashion culture, when glamor and mischief reigned supreme.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

With the exception of the liberalizing Alexander II, who reigned from 1855 to 1881, that gives the Romanovs too much credit, but the path was plausible enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Friday and Sunday evenings, Stravinsky, who reigned over the festival in the 1950s, and Schoenberg had pride of place as the two pillars of midcentury 20th century music in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

There were several contented sighs, then silence reigned in the stable.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Despite being reigning Test world champions, having beaten Australia in the final in 2025, there were still lingering doubts about South Africa's standing, given the gentle run of opponents to that Lord's showpiece.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Edge rusher Myles Garrett, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year, has not played since undergoing knee surgery after the season-opening defeat by the 49ers in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

England were not expected to beat World Cup co-hosts and reigning champions Australia in Group A. The Jillaroos have lost one international since 2016.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even Major League Baseball is embracing it, posting the lyrics in all caps from its official X account during the Brewers’ sweep of the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee