Cnut
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"It's kind of like King Cnut, you can't really stop the tide on this one. The technology is happening. It is powerful. It is meaningful."
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
Cnut called out, according to Snorri Sturluson, the great Icelandic poet and chronicler of the era.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022
Westenhanger Castle, which went on the market in 2013 for £2.6m, was owned by King Cnut - the ruler who pointed out even a monarch could not stop the tide coming in.
From BBC • May 13, 2016
The international company claimed all profits from his King Cnut line of T-shirts were legally theirs.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013
Leofwed made her will in the time of King Cnut; dividing her revenue between her daughter Aelswith and the Abbey of Ely.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
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