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But when he cast actors for “Tales” who were too young to remember Nicolae Ceaușescu’s reign, he was surprised that they didn’t see the underlying darkness beneath the film’s satiric tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But as endless deficits spook the bond market, we need to curtail the reign of hot checks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

You hesitate to call it a must-win so soon in Pocognoli's reign, but for feel-good purposes it really is.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Venetians greatly expanded the sugar trade, so much so that a hundred years after Henry Ill’s reign, the English were able to buy thousands of pounds of the sweet stuff each year.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Chaos reigns in “Your Mother,” and not just with Latif’s fraught attempts to secure breast milk, which are portrayed as either comedic or dramatic depending on the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That said, if the baseball playoffs have taught us anything, it’s that randomness often reigns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm identify three rulers who do not appear on the list but whose reigns can be reconstructed from other surviving evidence.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

In an era when divisiveness reigns and everything seems to be designed to keep us at each other’s throats, Byrd makes camaraderie look as simple as it is.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

"My son reigns as King in the North, by the will of our lords and people. He bends the knee to no man, but holds out the hand of friendship to all."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Clarke earned four Emmy nominations during “Game of Thrones’” run for portraying Daenerys Targaryen, one of the last surviving members of the family that long reigned over Westeros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

With the exception of the liberalizing Alexander II, who reigned from 1855 to 1881, that gives the Romanovs too much credit, but the path was plausible enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

And for years, “Sgt. Pepper” reigned supreme, routinely topping “best of” lists as the finest album ever recorded.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Although Skyrizi and Rinvoq lead the portfolio today, the segment was previously anchored by Humira—an anti-inflammatory drug that reigned as the industry’s most valuable medicine for half a decade.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Even though the Kennedys reigned like a king and queen in our country, I saw something in them that appeared normal and everyday.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

But through four games, this has not otherwise been a prodigious start for the reigning NFL most valuable player and future Hall of Famer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Fabian Hurzeler masterminded the dominant victory against the reigning champions - defiantly opting against a pragmatic approach.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most of the anxiety-slash-blame was dumped upon Maye, the third-year quarterback and reigning MVP runner-up who’d guided New England to a 14-3 regular season and a run to the Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Dodgers are the reigning back-to-back champions and are aiming to become the first National League team to win three World Series in a row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I wanted to get back to this question of reigning in hell being better than serving in heaven.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely