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Be Prepared,’’ steeped in shadows and complete with goose-stepping hyenas pledging their fealty to the dastardly Scar, intent on both regicide and fratricide. BostonGlobe.com, "‘The Lion King’ is still a feast for the eyes — and the heart, too - The Boston Globe," 10 Oct. 2019

Sure, there was a Hamlet-esque regicide plotline among some lions. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Uncanny Fun of the Live-Action Lion King," 11 July 2019

But regulatory moves can often take months or years to come into full effect, so a short-term prediction need not account for every possibility. King Coal’s regicide? Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "US energy agency: Sorry coal, natural gas is having another record summer," 11 July 2018

After Cromwell’s act of regicide, his agents put Charles’s collection up for sale, the price scale providing a fascinating indicator of contemporary taste. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "In London, Investigating the Personal Collection of an Art-Obsessed Royal," 17 Feb. 2018

So many times during the character's history, the Panther has been called to disasters around the globe, but now the issue is at home in a kingdom where the people are angry, stirred by a malevolent presence, and threatening regicide. Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, "The complete, comprehensive, exhaustive history of Black Panther -- in seven issues," 16 Feb. 2018

Both were marked by civil war, regicide, the advent of a republic and the restoration of monarchy. The Economist, "Pepys and Evelyn, chroniclers of the English Renaissance," 31 Aug. 2017

So if Cersei expects Tyrion to kill her, Jaime becomes the more likely candidate to commit regicide. Eliana Dockterman, Time, "Is Cersei Lannister Really Pregnant on Game of Thrones? How Her News Might Fulfill a Fan Theory," 14 Aug. 2017

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