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Recent Examples of knight
Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
One resembled a knight's helmet wrought with leaves.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2025
The Oscar-winning Darkest Hour and Slow Horses actor has been knighted by King Charles III in the monarch’s birthday honors.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025
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Christ pulls him out of a tiny hole, like a gallant medieval knight rescuing a maiden in distress.
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Fry, who was recently knighted for services to the environment, mental health awareness and charity, serves as vice-president of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International.
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In an alternate version of Korea ruled by a constitutional monarchy, Lovely Runner breakout Byeon Woo-seok stars as melancholic modern-day prince Yi An.—
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The fourth season of Bridgerton (based on the third book) is basically a retelling of Cinderella with Benedict as the prince.—
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Michigan printed and sold the 2023 national champions T-shirts, hats and coffee mugs.—
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In a matter of eight days, the Hornets (14-26) have gone from pummeling the defending champion in Oklahoma City to losing consecutive games at home to Toronto and Indiana in gut-wrenching fashion to recording the largest margin of victory on the road in franchise history by pounding Utah.—
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The governor commissioned a report by AI safety experts as part of that process.—
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The Paseo was commissioned by the mid-century dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez, whose modernizing campaign saw the construction of El Helicoide.—
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Big Bill is Bill Ivey, a Smokies wildlife ranger and a marine reservist who is six feet six.—
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In response, the IDF terminated the reservist’s military service.—
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The mission will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center, where SpaceX will also launch the Crew-12 astronauts.—
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Syria’s transitional president has succeeded in lifting the siege.—
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That includes Jan Laureys (Willem De Schryver), who never wanted to be a gendarme in the first place.—
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Some 80,000 police and gendarmes were set to be deployed throughout the day, including riot units, drones and armored vehicles.—
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The Carolina Panthers’ defense improved in almost every major statistical category from 2024 to 2025.—
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Tapascott said everything improves when weight drops, from acceleration to braking and efficiency.—
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
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Peeke, a warhorse all night, stepped into it and blasted a slapper that broke through Ullmark and hit the post.—
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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