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Recent Examples of bequeath
For more than two centuries, the good fathers have carved the Commonwealth into 120 counties, stripping the land bare and bequeathing it to white boys with sinister grins and dwindling resources.
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
The Oilers bought out the final three seasons of the five-year $25-million contract that Holland bequeathed on goaltender Jack Campbell in 2022.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
In 1937, the major American collector Andrew Mellon bequeathed two Vermeers to the National Gallery, which, despite the promises of Wilhelm von Bode of Berlin’s Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum and Wilhelm Martin of the Mauritshuis—titans of the European museum world—also turned out to be imitations.
—Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
The Oilers bought out the final three seasons of the five-year $25-million contract that Holland bequeathed on goaltender Jack Campbell in 2022.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
In 1937, the major American collector Andrew Mellon bequeathed two Vermeers to the National Gallery, which, despite the promises of Wilhelm von Bode of Berlin’s Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum and Wilhelm Martin of the Mauritshuis—titans of the European museum world—also turned out to be imitations.
—Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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In 2023, lawmakers passed a set of safety requirements for districts in the wake of the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The motion goes on to list what prosecutors allege were things outside her role as a judge, including interrupting an unrelated case in her courtroom and going into a fellow judge's courtroom and telling federal officers to leave the hallway in front of her court.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
Verb
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The Dane hauled his way up the mountain, mouth contorted, back and elbows askew, willing his bike to chase.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Colbert also discussed Trump celebrating willing his lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
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“Bequeath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequeath. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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