reigning

Example Sentences

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Trendy Erewhon, the reigning Rolls-Royce of grocery stores, has fallen behind in rent payments for its Culver City outpost, its landlord says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Timber has been pictured in training in Budapest as Arsenal prepare for the match against Luis Enrique's reigning champions.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Yet in the wake of those episodes, the reigning Greek powers of the day, Athens and Sparta, did more or less as the Persians had done.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Having started playing on the red dirt aged three, 21-year-old Sierra demonstrated her ability by recently pushing reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff in Rome.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

She, after all, is the reigning head of the family.

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