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Then we have Regé-Jean Page’s Xenk Yendar, a paladin so devout and good that it makes him insufferable – which is precisely how paladins should come across in mixed company.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

The stakes have never been higher for the Voltron alliance, which the trailer shows pretty well — it’s set up as a series of radio transmissions from the 5 paladins reacting to the coming threat.

From The Verge • Oct. 8, 2018

As two of the world's most important central bankers, Bernanke and King were members of an exclusive group of economic paladins, whose policies and even personal pronouncements could sway the world's financial markets in seconds.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2014

Whistle-blowers are our paladins and they need more protection.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2011

Perhaps there was something childish about all the paladins of Arthur’s story—if being simple b the same as childishness.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White