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a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
the book festival brought together two lions of contemporary poetry for a joint reading
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Recent Examples of lions
Each drive offered us the choice to head down into the valley—in search of the elusive black leopard or to visit the hippos dotting the riverbank—or up onto the plateau where the chance to see lions, cheetahs, zebras, and elephants awaited.
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Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Our family rode all the classic rides at Magic Kingdom, journeyed to France at EPCOT via Skyliner for a decadent breakfast, spotted hippos and lions on an open-air safari tour at Animal Kingdom, and roasted s’mores over a toasty campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
May the righteous rise up, bold as lions, and bear witness to the truth.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Zoo Miami funds Lion Landscapes, which helps protect wild lions, and works with other zoos and aquariums to save them and other animals from extinction.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Pulsing’s father, Ajnera, used to think that humans could co-exist with lions.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The African lions are Cyrus, a 7-year-old male; Juancito, a 6-year-old male; and Sefora, a 5-year-old female, according to the website.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Our family rode all the classic rides at Magic Kingdom, journeyed to France at EPCOT via Skyliner for a decadent breakfast, spotted hippos and lions on an open-air safari tour at Animal Kingdom, and roasted s’mores over a toasty campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
May the righteous rise up, bold as lions, and bear witness to the truth.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Zoo Miami funds Lion Landscapes, which helps protect wild lions, and works with other zoos and aquariums to save them and other animals from extinction.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Pulsing’s father, Ajnera, used to think that humans could co-exist with lions.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The African lions are Cyrus, a 7-year-old male; Juancito, a 6-year-old male; and Sefora, a 5-year-old female, according to the website.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lions
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The actual man has no tie to the real diamond magnates of the Leviev family.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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At the time, optimism over Labubu’s growing popularity once made Wang richer than China’s iconic tycoons including Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At Evergrande’s listing party in 2009, Hui was joined by many of Hong Kong’s tycoons, including Cheng Yu-tung, the late founder of Hong Kong property giant New World Development, and Chinese Estates’ founder Joseph Lau.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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But several years after his burial, his body was reinterred to lie beside Psusennes I, one of the most powerful kings of the period.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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And the matchup presents a head-to-head befitting the occasion as the reigning Dutch champion hosts the defending kings of Belgium's top flight.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The fraternal fissure is especially painful for those who know the princes, whose mother, Princess Diana, died in August 1997.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Lions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lions. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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