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"We've managed to gather portraits from private collections and a public collection of the seven queens regnant," Francis Christie, deputy chairman of Sotheby's UK and Ireland, told Reuters.

From Reuters • May 27, 2022

He also said Roseanne Barr and Louis C.K. had been treated excessively harshly by the regnant Hollywood climate toward comedy.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Interfaith friendships in India are not as uncommon as the regnant political discourse might suggest.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

The counterargument is that the regnant economic system has brought millions of people out of poverty, has allowed women more economic opportunities, etc.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2018

But, whatever might have been the emotions of Mr. Howard, he suppressed them through that regnant self-control that ever distinguished his manners.

From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte