reigned

past tense of reign

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Verb
  • One of the most recent cases includes the high court’s 2017 decision in Matal v Tam, in which the justices ruled that a law preventing trademarks of disparaging terms was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Also on Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that Cook can remain in her position.
    Adeola Adeosun Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then under Nazi Germany, cave research fell under the purview of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the political paramilitary force governed by Heinrich Himmler.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Importantly, the governed have consented to being governed and to live by the laws of the land.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
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