imperial

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Two decades later, in the 1860s, the fort walls came down, paving the way for imperial buildings to come up which gave the city its distinct colonial identity.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The imperial estate, brought back from Saint Helena, was awarded in 1836 to Napoleon's sister Caroline Murat.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

“This leads to the imperial boomerang,” he told me.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

In 20th-century imperial Japan, the opposite was true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Headlines cluster and flash across the parchment, announcing Princess Sophia's upcoming engagement, and the latest imperial beauty laws to be passed by the queen and the Beauty Minister.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton