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crown

[kroun] / kraʊn /






VERB
hit, usually on head
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“He’s all hair, nothing there. Don’t you think it’s time in California we have a governor with less hair?” said Hilton, who sports a smooth crown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

He won both the Premier League and World Championship at 17 and successfully defended his world crown at 18.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“We made original crown molding ourselves. I put a tin ceiling in the library living room,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The crown prince’s vision hinges on using oil wealth and foreign investment to jump-start new economic sectors, from tourism to mining to data centers, before the world transitions to renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

A handsome man wearing a crown of feathers rushed to the water’s edge and shouted, “Senwa! Senwa!”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer