lord
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Lammy is also lord chancellor and justice secretary, having previously been foreign secretary.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
More recently, he appeared as a lord in “Bridgerton.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
She asked if Scotland's top law officer, the lord advocate, would publish the reasons why the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service did not pursue charges against the former first minister.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
An image of Francis Bacon, the English lord chancellor, is mislabeled as the friar Roger Bacon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The war lord had made camp in a wide clearing, well protected by trees, its approach guarded by a deep ravine, and the tents had been blended in with a line of underbrush.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Julian lords over not one but two swanky adjoining townhouses stuffed with antiques.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Colombia is also trying to emerge from 50 years of fighting spawned by a complex blend of leftist rebels, paramilitaries and drug lords.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
Cheney even came to relish all the comparisons to dark lords of the “Star Wars” franchise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
“Dynasty,” the 1981 version, opens with sweeping God’s-eye views of mountains, a forested estate and construction workers building temples to industry — all that the show's protagonist, Blake Carrington, lords over.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
The outcome was that Parliament established a militia to be under the control of lords lieutenant appointed by Parliament, not by the King.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Medieval Europe - Introductory
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