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
That, to be fair, is an offer with which King Cnut never had to contend.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022
King Cnut, who became King of England and ruled for 25 years, replaced those at the top but allowed society to go on as before.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2014
The international company claimed all profits from his King Cnut line of T-shirts were legally theirs.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013
The great assemblies held at Oxford under Cnut, Stephen, and Henry III., are each memorable in their way.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
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