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knight

[nahyt] / naɪt /


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In the company’s Tampa, Fla., offices, a poster of Don Quixote, the fictional knight who tilted at windmills, hangs on the wall, with a smaller portrait of Wray in the corner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“If I move my knight here, my opponent will move their rook here, and then I’ll have to…” This is an invaluable skill for life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Despite endless questions about the future, they still had a tournament to host, and LIV Golf's white knight was in town - "the investor", as he was most frequently described.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the story of a lone knight and his young companion forges a new tonal path in the “Game of Thrones” universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

"I am a knight in armor who will do you no harm. I am here to see the exalted lord of this magnificent castle."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

E-bike rental company Lime has said its bikes are "not for jousting" after footage of two riders dressed as knights charging at each other in an east London park circulated over the weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The report found 21 other royal post-holders, including 17 military knights, have accommodation without charge in the occupied palaces.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

French knights were expensive, each man-at-arms the product of many years of training, his armor and warhorse a major investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

There’s a large and varied field to choose from, even if there are no celebrities or white knights riding to the rescue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

The crowd parted to make way for a group of firefighters, their bronze helmets glinting like the regalia of knights.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Now 50 years old, he lives and works in England, where he was born, raised and knighted, and the distance between Sir Demis Hassabis and Silicon Valley gives him a different perspective altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sobers, who also played county cricket for Nottinghamshire, was knighted for his services to cricket in 1975.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for parliamentary and political service.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"We were all aware that we weren't being knighted or accepting a peerage. We all knew that the right we stood to gain was fairly inconsequential as inherited birthrights go."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

He was the eldest son, so be was bound to be knighted but he would not call himself Sir Lancelot.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

With many outgoing prime ministers in their final days often rewarding or knighting members of their loyal staff, perhaps a chance to repair the relationship still remains.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2019

Yes, he was very sweet to Brienne, especially in that impromptu knighting ceremony, and yes, it was nice to see the Lannister brothers make up after letting Cersei come between them one too many times.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2019

It was only after she was told that people thought her insane that she backed down on knighting him in 1897, the year of her diamond jubilee.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2017

But if understood in the context of his career, Erickson’s white knighting becomes only superficially out of character.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2015

The knighting took place in a whirl of preparations.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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