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crown

[kroun] / kraʊn /






VERB
hit, usually on head
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Construction on the Tianjin skyscraper resumed in April 2025, with state media saying in March that workers were installing a diamond-shaped crown -- what appeared to be the project's finishing touches.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Wimbledon is always a very special tournament and one of the crown jewels of the British summer of sport.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In her first senior international competition at 15, she beat Biles for the 2013 American Cup all-around crown — the last time Biles lost an all-around title.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

That was the widest valuation gap between the two since Apple lost its crown as the nation’s largest company on May 2, 2025, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Mr. Lemoncello was dressed in a shimmering silver toga and silver laurel-leaf crown.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Still, portraying the process as essential, Bingham casts the painting in glowing light and crowns it with a blue sign that says “The will of the people the supreme law.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Emery's four Europa League crowns are already a competition record.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Mira Costa defeated Huntington Beach to win the section and regional crowns while Loyola fell to the Oilers in the section semifinals and did not play in regionals.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2026

The rainbow crowns the scene, but the bottom of the picture subtly reflects the arch above it.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

On sidewalks turned to satin figures move shoulder first, the crowns of their heads angled shields against the light buckshot that the raindrops are.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Burnham is expected to be crowned Labour's leader on Friday after securing overwhelming support from the party's 403 MPs and the backing of major trade unions.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

A little more than a year ago, Wall Street crowned Netflix the winner of the streaming wars.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

This was the first time Australia, recently crowned World Test champions, would come up against Bazball.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

He jumped from his chair and put his hands over his mouth, speechless as Stockard was crowned.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

“I needed him and he wasn’t there. He got crowned homecoming king the night she was born. He wasn’t even with me in the room.”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

By the 50th anniversary of Jefferson’s crowning achievement, he was already anxious about where the young nation was headed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Like Furbank, he represents that conveyor belt of Northampton talent, crowning a superb 18 months in which he has debuted for England and the British and Irish Lions.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling successes but also catastrophic failures and unfulfilled promises.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

A giant twist in the series’ penultimate episode, “The Garden,” came with the reveal that the crowning achievement motivating Deborah all season long, a sold-out Madison Square Garden performance, was a cruel illusion.

From Salon May 29, 2026

She was young and tall, dressed in white and silver, with a net of silver crowning her hair that fell straight down like a fall of black water.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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