crowning

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The portrait commemorating his coronation, painted in Ramsay’s studio shortly after his crowning in 1761, hangs in London’s National Portrait Gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling successes but also catastrophic failures and unfulfilled promises.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

A giant twist in the series’ penultimate episode, “The Garden,” came with the reveal that the crowning achievement motivating Deborah all season long, a sold-out Madison Square Garden performance, was a cruel illusion.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

His crowning cultural achievement was the creation of the Cable News Network in 1980, which created the model for today’s cable news titans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

It was a gilded arch, from which a sunburst spiked upward, crowning the space between Gingersnipes’s ears.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman