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empress

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as in emperor

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Recent Examples of empress In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph I. — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Contemporary art work, frescoes and artifacts discovered during the property’s restoration, including a marble head of the Roman empress Livia Drusilla, are also on display. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026 She is especially recognized for her starring role as the Russian empress Catherine II in the Hulu show The Great (2020–23), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actress in a comedy series. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 The group of four robbers was able to bypass security systems and used power tools to break into the Louvre to steal invaluable jewels once worn by France’s queens and empresses, officials told NBC News after the robbery. — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for empress

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This title, which appears under Frederick III (German king from 1440 and Holy Roman emperor from 1452 to 1493), indicates that the emperor’s powers were limited to his German lands.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Currently, the emperor’s 60-year-old brother, Fumihito, also known as Crown Prince Ashikino, is in line to inherit, followed by his 19-year-old son, Prince Hisahito.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

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The bulk of the original tale — Lara’s encounter with her sea witch aunt Grace, her emergence into the world of humans, her romance with a dashing prince — is sped through in the show’s first 15 minutes.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
The unidentified sitter, meanwhile, is believed to be a wife of a nawab, or an Indian prince.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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At Wimbledon this year, the 11-year-old princess wore a vibrant blue dress that recalled Middleton’s blue Gabriela Hearst suit, worn to the Grand Slam tennis tournament just days earlier.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
The 18-year-old princess, the youngest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, is set to study Liberal Arts & Sciences at University College Utrecht in the Netherlands, starting in September.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

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The rare artifacts taken from the famed museum include jewelry owned by Napoleon III’s wife Empress Eugénie and a royal sapphire tiara, necklace, and matching earring owned by Queen Marie-Amélie, the last queen of France.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.

— Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026

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The White House has ramped up its public campaign against fraud, including creating the role of fraud czar.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 July 2026
Rookie Carver Willis joins the mix, and Nick Zakelj also has been in the system a few years under offensive line czar Chris Foerster.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 July 2026

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