KP
king's pawn.
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KP
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Knight (of the Order) of St Patrick
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military kitchen police
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KP Law said that 98% of its clients chose not to participate in the Harrods settlement program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It took us a bit with KP out to figure out kind of how we can still flow,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
KP Law's case alleges that J&J never issued warnings on the packaging of its baby powder and instead marketed it as a symbol of purity and safety.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Nepal's ex-prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak have been released from custody after questioning for their alleged role in a deadly 2025 crackdown on protesters, police said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
An explosion of excited conversation—no KP for a whole month?
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
When their father dies and leaves behind a sketch that might be the work of renowned Vietnamese painter K.P.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The country lacks a minister of foreign affairs and a minister of foreign employment after a court last month removed the previous prime minister, K.P.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
Hand sanitizer works, yes, but only if it is used correctly, says K.P.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2020
“But I think the conversation me and K.P. had brought everything to light and it was best for me to come back to school.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2016
At the bottom of this title-page is written, in the well-known bold hand of Katherine Parr,—"Kateryn the Quene, K.P.," with the equally well-known flourish beneath.
From Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 by Various
Saw kp of 7.3 and drove to Lake Ontario for the most beautiful display!!!
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
Kw = kp = tp = pt, t and k being interchangeable before labials in Dak.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson
Sylow’s theorem may be extended to show that if pa′ is a factor of the order of a group, the number of subgroups of order pa′ is of the form 1 + kp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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