knight
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But in June 2025, Sir Billy Boston became a rugby league knight - the first in the sport's 130-year history.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fittingly, the art on the album’s cover is a 15th-century rendering of a knight on a quest, and the outcome of quests are notoriously unpredictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
His highest honour yet came on Tuesday, when the 48-year-old became a knight of the National Order of the Leopard.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Once considered a canny innovator, and then, with his purchase of the flailing Washington Post, a white knight, he has since become the embodiment of capitalism run amok.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
At that, the knight waved his hand, and an image appeared in midair.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
So now we await the further tussle of the embattled knights, Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Olly Robbins, potentially one day after another in parliament in a few days time.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
We’re obviously very thematically about fathers and sons, knights and squires, and, to a certain extent brothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
If there were an unofficial tagline that describes it best, it is that all men are knights, and all men are fools.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
"It is not the custom of knights in armor to carry money with them. No book about knighthood I ever read mentions it."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The comedian was knighted in 2017 for services to entertainment and charity.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The traditionally working class, northern sport of rugby league had never had a representative knighted in 130 years, prompting claims of snobbery.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for parliamentary and political service.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The former history teacher was knighted in 2019.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Tomorrow my pupil Kay will be knighted, and the next week my other pupil will go away as his squire. I have outlived my usefulness here, and it is time to go.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Highlights include Podrick singing "Jenny of Oldstones," Sansa reuniting with Theon, and of course, Jaime knighting Brienne.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2022
As she wrapped “The Northman,” Eggers gave her a sword, knighting her with it as he presented it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
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
A mere two weeks after her triumphant knighting, Brienne ended the episode wailing over a man while wearing a nightgown – one of the only times we’ve seen her out of her armour.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
She said it as solemn as if she was a queen knighting me with words.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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