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[rayn] / reɪn /




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Ultimately, for investors, it comes down to this: Buying the stock is a vote for their reign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

It is an old adage in baseball that good pitching beats good hitting—which is especially true in October, when fastball velocities climb and aces reign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The royal visit comes after Queen Elizabeth II reportedly described her response to the Aberfan disaster as one of the biggest regrets of her 70-year reign.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz returns with ‘Ply,’ an ambitious, science-fiction leap into a fallen metropolis where art and anarchy reign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"When they write the history of my reign, sweat sister, they will say that it began tonight."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Since then, however, that patience seems to be wearing thin, with the average length of managerial reigns steadily plummeting.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

The problem is that the AKL lists no king by that name between the reigns of Tukultī-Ninurta I and Tukultī-Ninurta II.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

So her reigns of error smacked of good intentions and were never as juicy as Fifi's.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

And no Angeleno with an L.A.-centric social media algorithm could forget Jason Radovan and Hannah Webb, who reigned as “The Mother & Father of the 110” on Halloween 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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

Then Alexander VI came to power, and he, more than any of the popes who ever reigned, demonstrated how well a pope could succeed with money and his own troops.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Edge rusher Myles Garrett, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year, has not played since undergoing knee surgery after the season-opening defeat by the 49ers in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Against the reigning Premier League champions, the club from a small seaside town in Lancashire created history in claiming one of the biggest cup upsets ever.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

England were not expected to beat World Cup co-hosts and reigning champions Australia in Group A. The Jillaroos have lost one international since 2016.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even Major League Baseball is embracing it, posting the lyrics in all caps from its official X account during the Brewers’ sweep of the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A hundred times before, Johnny had stopped on the streets of Boston, or before her house, to watch her: he but one more gaping face in a crowd, she the accepted reigning belle.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes


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