throned

past tense of throne

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Verb
  • The winner of the Ladder Match will be crowned WWE interim women’s championship.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Odysseus and Penelope reunited, and Telemachus was crowned the new king of Ithaca as Odysseus vowed to sail west to honor the men who died along the way.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • The press had already anointed him the heir apparent to Diego Maradona; an emotional Maradona was filmed in the stands, with his arms in the air, as Messi entered the game.
    Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • As Sonnenfeld shows in his 1988 book The Hero’s Farewell, heroes never select themselves but are anointed by society as pillars of that society’s values.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Undrafted rookie Cash Jones created some buzz at the beginning of OTAs after rookie minicamp revealed the Falcons are cross-training Jones, a college running back at Georgia, as a receiver.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • This tour will be key in terms of enhancing existing relationships and trying to attract new business, especially off the back of the buzz created by the World Cup in the States.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
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“Throned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throned. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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