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as in prince
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as in champion
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Recent Examples of knight
Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The two men strike a similar pose right down to the hand positioning, though Woodall carries a leather bucket bag; the knight a long sword.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The knights are finished with a black patina application that reveals the creases, contrasts and details of each relief.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The two men strike a similar pose right down to the hand positioning, though Woodall carries a leather bucket bag; the knight a long sword.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
He was knighted by King James I after returning to England in 1617.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Who, truly, should be knighted, or given a kind of American-style Légion d’honneur, or something.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for knight
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Harry's case involves discussing highly emotional subjects, including the demise of his past relationship with Chelsy Davy, who the prince believes was driven away by the intrusion of the press.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Goodnight sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ample use of his No. 5 auction paddle paid off: Blanco was named the champion with a winning $25,000 bid for the vacation stay.Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Hawks defeated the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics and the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers in group play to reach the knockout stage.Wayne Sterling, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Each replica was specially commissioned and made by the Iwasaki Group, which created replicas of some dishes for the very first time.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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For her 30th birthday, Sullivan commissioned the team at Eva Joan Repair to embroider a tablecloth with the names of all her guests.Mya Gelber, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from gun violence, including a state where people often boast of the low crime rate.CBS News, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
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But what may come as a surprise is that a reservist has the right to pull out.Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2024
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But the best story of all was Maryanne, and watching this delightful goofball evolve into a cutthroat champion was truly thrilling, lifting Survivor 42 into the mid-twenties.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The woman was lifted into the helicopter and transported to Bay Area Hospital in North Bend where she was then transferred to emergency medical services.David Chiu, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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The seven people killed in shootings included at least three from the Indigenous Kanak community and two gendarmes.Sylvie Corbet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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His work focuses on how art and technology may improve learning settings.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Pakistani publishing industry will not improve until Pakistanis start buying original books en masse.Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 15 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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