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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Cheer on your knight Your time in Fairhaven isn’t complete without witnessing a joust, and everyone knows it — that’s why seats in the stadium fill up so quickly.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Starmer was knighted in 2014 for his services to criminal justice, after his time as director of public prosecutions — one of the most senior criminal prosecutor roles in the country.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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One pivotal detail confirmed the work’s value: a tiny, faint scratch running through the head of the knight’s horse.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Cheer on your knight Your time in Fairhaven isn’t complete without witnessing a joust, and everyone knows it — that’s why seats in the stadium fill up so quickly.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Starmer was knighted in 2014 for his services to criminal justice, after his time as director of public prosecutions — one of the most senior criminal prosecutor roles in the country.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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The age-old philosophy, eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper was adhered to, meaning dinner was the lightest meal, as the digestive tract slows down towards the end of the day.Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 25 Oct. 2024
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Yet the crown prince has been a central player in Mr. Biden’s postwar plan for Gaza, hoping to secure a formal U.S. defense guarantee, and an Israeli commitment to the idea of a two-state peace, in return for taking the financial and political lead in Gaza’s reconstruction and future security.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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What's next: The winners will go on to play the four conference champions in the quarterfinals in the New Year's Six bowl games.Ross Terrell, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Thought-provoking sessions and off-the-record discussions feature Fortune 500 CEOs, former Cabinet members and global Ambassadors, and 7x world champion Tom Brady–among many others.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Much of the artwork throughout the hotel was commissioned expressly for the resort, featuring an impressive roster of international artists.Laura Parker, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Zoom in: Polling for local races is pretty scant, but a Public Policy Polling poll commissioned this summer by Livable Raleigh, a group that opposed many of Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin's choices, found that housing and growth are top of mind of voters.Zachery Eanes, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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One year after Army reservist Robert Card fatally shot 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, his family members are working to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries.Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Their dispute predates October 7: in March 2023, Gallant warned that the government’s bid to overhaul the judiciary, a controversial proposal that prompted combat reservists to threaten not to show up for military duty, was endangering national security.Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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News on the luxury grapevine lifted shares of Burberry and EssilorLuxottica yesterday amid speculation that two major industry deals are underway.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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True lilies don’t need to be lifted in the fall and can stay in the ground.Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
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Seeing the knife, the gendarmes arrest him; Modi is home free.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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The mainstream drifts rightward In France last week, a migrant from Cape Verde ran over and killed a gendarme.Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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Take medication as directed even when symptoms seem to improve.Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024
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By the end of February, my symptoms were starting to improve.Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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