duke
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“The Gilded Age” pulls inspiration from New York City’s 19th century elite, with Gladys Russell’s reluctant betrothal to an English duke nodding to socialite Consuelo Vanderbilt’s lavish nuptials a decade later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The duke replied: "Exercise is universally good for helping with grief, stress, loss."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The man is Paul, who does not know how he has come to be in this world but finds himself hunted by a mad duke who wants his magical technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The duke chatted to some of the young patients on the wards and also some of their families.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Not many of my imagined conversations are with the duke.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
The company raised its dividend in April, and some strategists see the potential for a special dividend on the horizon, as the Costco dukes it out with the government over tariffs.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Meanwhile, Abdulmejid and his family lived a glitzy Riviera life, attending dances, we are told, with “four or five kings and any number of princes, dukes and counts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
He said Myers illness was physically obvious but as soon as the cameras started rolling "he'd have his dukes up, ready for a scrap".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
I don't know a single person who doesn't, and I will put up my dukes for Ava.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023
If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England?
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
After losing to world champion Littler in last year's final, Humphries triumphed 11-8 in the repeat as the world's top two duked it out at O2 Arena.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
The Lions’ Jared Goff and the Rams’ Matthew Stafford, both facing their former teams, duked it out before Detroit emerged with a 24-23 NFC wild-card win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
As the insects groomed each other, the six types of fungi duked it out among themselves, with no clear winner taking over, the team reports this month in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023
The two have duked it out for the top spot, trading places frequently through much of this year as both companies’ share prices rose.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
The mermaid leuch, her brief was gane, And kelpie's blast was blawin', Fu' low she duked, ne'er raise again, For deep, deep was the fawin'.
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie
The primary bedroom also comes with a fireplace, as well as an expansive walk-in closet and a spa bathroom, perfect for relaxation after a long day of duking it out on air.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
They noticed a game that involved action figures duking it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
This was far from just McIlroy and Fitzpatrick duking it out for the title though as the tension built on the back nine and at one point four players shared the lead.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
Rather than the long slog of duking it out at a disadvantage to other departments during a national police shortage, Seattle could immediately reduce officer workload and shift time to proactive policing.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
For a moment, from his vantage point, it looked as if maybe his boys and the Brits were all alone out front, duking it out.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
