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knight

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Noun
She's joined by Evan Bates from figuring skating, Nick Baumgartner from snowboarding, Faye Thelen (formerly Faye Gulini) from snowboarding, Kaillie Humphries from bobsled, Hilary knight from ice hockey and Lindsey Vonn from alpine skiing. Irene Wright, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026 But when a man from Anne’s past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Feb. 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 See All Example Sentences for knight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
Noun
  • Jack Huston plays Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is betrayed to the Romans by his adopted brother, Messala (Toby Kebbell), and sold into slavery and then returns years to Jerusalem seeking revenge.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The Trial of Seven is about to commence — a clash of mud, blood, and iron before a roaring crowd to determine the fate of the aspiring knight that dared to defend a lowly stage performer from a rampaging Targaryen prince.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Season 42 continues on Monday with Andrew He returning as champion to face two new challengers.
    USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • So, to repeat again as Masters champions is a phenomenal feat for those girls.
    Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Newsom prioritized child care early in his first term, appointing a cabinet member to work on the issue and commissioning a master plan, which recommended universal preschool for 4-year-olds and for income-eligible 3-year-olds.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Now, a new survey of 2,000 women aged 50 and over across Britain, commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), suggests the problem may be even more widespread than previously understood.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Homeland Security Investigations determined the Navy reservist took a flight to Hong Kong, and emergency disclosure requests from WhatsApp showed location information originating from there.
    Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • One of the defendants, Benjamin Song, a 32-year-old former Marine Corps reservist who associates described to authorities as a cult-like ringleader who opposes the government on immigration enforcement and on other matters, shot Alvarado Police Department Lt.
    Emerson Clarridge Updated February 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Takaichi has pledged to revise security and defense policies by December to bolster Japan's military capabilities, lifting a ban on lethal weapons exports and moving further away from postwar pacifist principles.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Several profit reports from companies helped to lift stocks Wednesday.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, there's enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, there’s enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Potential projects will demonstrate ways to improve energy utilization, process efficiency and manufacturing throughput to ensure a steady supply of extreme environment materials for industrial markets and federal agencies, according to the details available.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Reserve Jacari White led six players in double figures with 17 points for the Cavaliers (24-3, 12-2 ACC), who improved to 13-1 at home and beat the Hurricanes for the ninth time in their last 10 meetings.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Peeke, a warhorse all night, stepped into it and blasted a slapper that broke through Ullmark and hit the post.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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