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Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The extraordinarily confrontational Opening Ceremonies, with torch borne by this dark knight, instead asked a direct question: Will the Olympic truce hold?
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Anand Menon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
McGregor, who is fifty-four and was recently knighted, emerged on London’s contemporary-dance scene in the early nineties, and began choreographing for ballet companies (including the Royal Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet) a decade or so later.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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The Dragon’ Season 1 Photo Gallery In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The extraordinarily confrontational Opening Ceremonies, with torch borne by this dark knight, instead asked a direct question: Will the Olympic truce hold?
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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As for Oliver himself, he was knighted for his achievements and now makes a living working for a high-end consultancy firm providing advice on Brexit.
—Anand Menon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
McGregor, who is fifty-four and was recently knighted, emerged on London’s contemporary-dance scene in the early nineties, and began choreographing for ballet companies (including the Royal Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet) a decade or so later.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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