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Recent Examples of knight
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
The seniors were a very tight-knight group.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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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Noun
In later life, Richard was honored as Lord Attenborough, and David became a knight of the realm.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
The seniors were a very tight-knight group.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Verb
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.
—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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
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Sources previously reported that Kate was hoping George would attend her alma mater Marlborough College or another co-ed school that would allow the young prince to go to school with his younger sister Princess Charlotte, 10.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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In the show, the heroine shares nightmarish tales alongside Herneval, who appears not as a prince but a sentient book.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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That changed on Monday, when Cape Verde and its 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha became early darlings of the World Cup after holding European champion Spain, one of the tournament favorites, to a scoreless draw in their opening match.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Already playing in his third World Cup and a champion in 2018, Mbappé will play his 100th international game for France.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Content commissioning spending across the BBC’s TV, radio, and news divisions will amount to £80 million over the coming two years, the leader shared on Wednesday.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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The framework comes from a 2022 study of 2,000 adults commissioned by Fisherman’s Friend and analyzed by Robin Dunbar, emeritus professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Watson, an Air Force reservist recently assigned to the 10th Air Force, spent nearly a decade as a command weapons systems officer with the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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According to Air Force officials, Watson was a weapons systems officer and Air Force reservist assigned to 10th Air Force at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, approving a major defense policy shift aimed at aligning the country more closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deterrence strategy.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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The hospital was initially placed on lockdown, but that order was lifted several hours later as police began clearing the scene.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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Set in the lush forests and fields of northeastern France, this excitingly offbeat first feature from Sarah Arnold depicts a gory factional war between hunters and farmers, haves and have-nots, with one depressed fish-out-of-water gendarme caught in the middle.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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How airlines and airports can do better Maglione and Riccobono both said that training and implementing new technology can go a long way toward improving the flying experience for blind travelers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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The Sparks improved to 7-0 in games when the four-time All-Star has six-plus assists (Plum had seven), and the team posted a season-high 28 assists.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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