reign

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The president’s mood didn’t reign and determine everything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“This show is such a great opportunity to begin my career in this genre — now, I want to continue my reign of terror.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

During the Covid pandemic when she was living at Windsor Castle, she would often pray at the small private chapel within the Castle - a religious commitment that ran through her 70-year reign.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Severus sponsored public building projects throughout the empire: Many of the most impressive surviving Roman remains—not least the Severan forum and basilica in his home city of Leptis Magna—date from his reign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

If that were so, the reign of the cyclotron as sciences most powerful and effective atom smasher might be a brief one.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik