When the candles guttered and the town held its breath, the King of Terrors walked the empty streets like an old friend.

At the pond's edge, the biologist carefully photographed the snail king, an unusual specimen with a left-coiling shell among otherwise right-coiling relatives.

The museum's exhibit on King Edwards highlighted the different reigns and artifacts associated with each monarch.

For Sunday dinner we always roast King Edward with rosemary and sea salt because its floury flesh and pink-tinged white skin make the best crispy edges.

King Edward inspected the troops before the parade.

In that turbulent court, the old make-king quietly decided which prince would ascend the throne.

They paid king's ransoms to secure the release of the hostages.

In the tournament's new format, king pairs on the board opened up unexpected tactical possibilities.

In recent years, king tides have reached further into the harbor, flooding basements and damaging parked cars.

As coastal residents filled sandbags, the king tide drove seawater onto the boardwalk, flooding low-lying streets.