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Recent Examples of empress
Drag performers who are crowned emperor or empress of a city must raise money for civic organizations.
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Orion Rummler, Them, 8 July 2024
The five-day hospital stay caused the princess to miss several engagements this week, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace held for the emperor and empress of Japan on the first day of their state visit to the United Kingdom.
—Max Foster, CNN, 28 June 2024
This one is about a cleric named Chih and an old woman, Rabbit, who tells them stories about an empress.
—Veronica Roth, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
More heat: Farah Pahlavi, the empress of Iran, is collaborating with Serendipity Group and John Powers Middleton on a documentary and a scripted project, per Rosy across the pond.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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Orion Rummler, Them, 8 July 2024
The five-day hospital stay caused the princess to miss several engagements this week, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace held for the emperor and empress of Japan on the first day of their state visit to the United Kingdom.
—Max Foster, CNN, 28 June 2024
This one is about a cleric named Chih and an old woman, Rabbit, who tells them stories about an empress.
—Veronica Roth, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
More heat: Farah Pahlavi, the empress of Iran, is collaborating with Serendipity Group and John Powers Middleton on a documentary and a scripted project, per Rosy across the pond.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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Holiday travel hack:How to avoid lines, high ticket prices | Cruising Altitude All Saints Day goes back to the third or fourth centuries During the year 610, the emperor of Rome gifted the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV, Rossi said.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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The film stars the peerless Toshiro Mifune — wearing a huge, fluffy red wig, no less — as a samurai who becomes a pawn in a political power struggle when he’s sent to his hometown to announce the emperor’s latest tax cuts.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The mayor added that having the prince visit was a boost to the area.Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Abdulaziz was sentenced to five years in prison—a severe punishment for a prince.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the classic black-and-white film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn's character, a princess who is bored with her royal life, cuts her hair into a short, curly crop with baby bangs—a meaningful symbol of her desire for freedom.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her life in the spotlight and tragic death have fascinated the public since the day she was born -- as the King of Rock and Roll's princess.Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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Photo: Compass This co-op is a true one-bedroom that fits a king bed and has an actually usable dining room-slash-office area off of the kitchen (which isn’t huge but has a good amount of counter space).Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In effect, Erdogan crowned himself as Turkey’s new sultan—simultaneously becoming the head of state, head of government, head of the ruling party, and head of the police (which is a national force in Turkey).Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2022
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Besides, a defeat for the old sultan could give Moscow control over, or the power to threaten, the Strait of Hormuz off Oman’s northern coast, potentially squeezing the flow of oil that was the lifeblood of the U.K.’s economic life and indeed crucial to economics across Europe.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
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Adams, who now faces federal corruption charges, appointed a rat czar in 2023 to work across multiple agencies, coordinating work by pest control companies and property managers.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
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Kennedy is more likely to have a role as a White House czar rather than one that would require Senate confirmation, the Post reported.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Empress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empress. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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