How to Use white knight in a Sentence

white knight

noun
  • So Altman went looking for a white knight.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And Twitter is on the phone with their lawyers asking which can be their white knight.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Her methods make the money feel like the end of a fairy tale, when a white knight swoops in to save the day.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Crypto didn’t just lose its white knight last week; so did effective altruism.
    — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But up until last week, Bankman-Fried was seen as a white knight for the industry.
    — Ken Sweet, ajc, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Extra bases As white knights go, Steve Cohen has a few bruises.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Pride himself goes from self-certain white knight to a man questioning his privilege.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 May 2021
  • Many of the depositors had hoped that a white knight could help Celsius get on surer footing.
    — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • Bankman-Fried was a face of the crypto industry and had emerged as a white knight for struggling companies.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
  • White allies should never be confused with white knights—the thought that without the help of a white savior swooping down to help blacks there would be no hope.
    — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • This time around, YRC’s white knight could be the federal government.
    — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 18 June 2020
  • He was viewed as the crypto world’s white knight, stepping in to rescue struggling companies earlier this year.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
  • That doesn’t change the fact that pachucos are perhaps the worst group to white knight for on the grounds of cultural appropriation.
    — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Over the past year, as crypto companies imploded and losses mounted, a white knight appeared.
    — Emily Parker, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Perhaps some physician group would like to ride in like a white knight and provide the funding to keep the NGC alive.
    — Ivan Oransky, STAT, 13 June 2018
  • Another option for the China business could involve a foreign bank playing the role of white knight.
    — John Engen, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In other words, the acquisition premium, or hope for a white knight buyer, is low for Shake Shack.
    — David Trainer, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The board enacted a poison pill, a defensive measure, trying to really give them time to look for a second bidder or a white knight.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Property tycoon Sun Hongbin has played the white knight for troubled companies.
    — Dominique Fong, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Among the cheekiest flourishes, a corporate white knight enters the picture in the form of a tech company known as Grumbl.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 May 2021
  • Along came white knight Alexandre Fauvet, a veteran of Lacoste, to rescue the ailing brand.
    — Jemima Sissons, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2022
  • In terms of stopping the bleeding that continues to be happening for some of these mid-sized banks, like First Republic, is there a white knight?
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Here, his white knight’s armor is sullied before his face is scarred, and how that fits this version of Gotham City makes for a fitting rallying cry all its own.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
  • To rosarians, these predatory creatures — which include insects, birds, amphibians and spiders — are the white knights of the garden.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • Roksanda found a white knight in The Brand Group, which purchased the fashion label founded in 2005.
    — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But at the last minute, a mysterious white knight intervened — a Libyan businessman with powerful connections, she was told — and she was sprung from jail.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • As the son of a media scion, Kendall knows the importance of creating a public narrative, so positioning himself as the white knight is a savvy move.
    — Erin Gee, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The United States wasted no time in positioning itself as a kind of white knight for Europe’s energy needs.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • The arrest caps off a stunning fall from grace for Bankman-Fried, who was, until very recently, considered the golden boy and white knight of the crypto world.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In Taxi Driver, Travis sees Iris slathering jam on her toast, which solidifies his vision of her as a child and himself as her white knight.
    — Leah Pickett, Chicago Reader, 12 Apr. 2018

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