For virtually all of human history, people were subjects of kings or rulers who claimed divine and unquestioned power.
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Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The New York Knicks, comeback kings to the end, roared back from 16 points down in Game 5 to beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 to seal their first NBA title in 53 years, kicking off raucous celebrations among A-listers in the arena in San Antonio and fans in the streets back in New York.
American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
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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.
These new rulers were keen to sell themselves as legitimate successors to the emperors, and there was considerable continuity during this turbulent period.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
The second film stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus, who returns to Rome as a prisoner and is trained to be a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave played by Denzel Washington, who has plans to overthrow the twin emperors.
Woody and Buzz have survived sadistic neighbors, evil toys and tyrannical daycare rulers.
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Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Jones said Shiite rulers in several South Asian kingdoms sponsored processions and other commemorations of Hussein’s martyrdom, helping turn them into public events that drew wider audiences.
For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.
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Michael Snyder,
Saveur,
11 Mar. 2026
Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.
Down Under vs the World is the third vs the World spinoff for the franchise, following in the footsteps of the British and Canadian-set vs the World shows, which bring queens from around the globe to compete against one another.
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McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Hanging realistic decoy nests in spring can sometimes discourage new queens from establishing nests nearby.
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