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Noun
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American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026 -
Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
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As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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“Dukes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dukes. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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