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Recent Examples of knight
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
Fans of the hedge knight Dunk and his young squire Egg won’t have to wait too long for their next adventure — the new season is set to premiere in 2027.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 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
Glen, who came up as a theater actor, is known for his role as the warrior knight Ser Jorah Mormont in HBO’s Game of Thrones and parts in the Resident Evil film trilogy, Prime Video’s The Rig and Apple TV’s Silo.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
Fans of the hedge knight Dunk and his young squire Egg won’t have to wait too long for their next adventure — the new season is set to premiere in 2027.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
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Likewise, prevailing concepts of Hamlet at the time cast the prince as a wan and melancholic, leading critics to bristle at Bernhardt’s energy.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the crown prince has demonstrated an enduring interest in developing a Saudi nuclear fuel cycle.—
Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Phoenix were the Horizon League regular-season champion and earned the conference’s automatic berth by beating Youngstown State for the league’s tournament championship.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Gators are the defending champion, trying to repeat their back-to-back titles from 2006-07.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Lover’s Knot tiara was originally commissioned from the House of Garrard in 1913 for Queen Mary, designed as a replica of her grandmother’s Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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In 1996, Camus had been restoring a fourteenth-century castle in Plieux when the government commissioned him to compose a travel book about Hérault in France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors described Song, a former Marine reservist, as the ringleader of the group and said others knew or should have known about his plans.—
Sue Ambrose,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rule 5 draft pick Ryan Watson, journeyman Tayron Guerrero and Navy reservist Noah Song are among the candidates, as are long relievers Seth Martinez and Kyle Keller.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Security officials confirmed the base is safe and the lockdown has been lifted.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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In interviews with Reuters and The Associated Press, Steiner said that without congressional action to lift the agency’s $15 billion statutory debt limit, USPS could struggle to pay vendors or employees by February 2027.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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The French police and gendarmes were only relatively satisfied with these results: In the Alpes-Maritimes, two out of three Jews on file had escaped capture (for now).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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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
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Sacramento improved to 4-9 in back-to-back situations 24 hours after beating the Los Angeles Clippers.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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The completion of the project reflects continued efforts by RTX and Raytheon to expand manufacturing capacity, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen the technological capabilities that support national and allied security.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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