victoria

Example Sentences

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The Australian Federal Police said they arrested a 47-year-old former Australian soldier, who was widely named in local media as Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

On Wednesday, lawyers for the Victoria Cross recipient did not immediately apply for bail.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Roberts-Smith won the Victoria Cross -- Australia's highest military honour -- for "conspicuous gallantry" in Afghanistan while on the hunt for a senior Taliban commander.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Like Queen Victoria, Zadie Smith and many others, she had concluded that posterity would be better served without her full diary than with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

I squared my shoulders like Aunt Kitty was doing and paraded past them as regally as Queen Victoria heading to her throne.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan