as in successor
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Lloyd said much of the jitters rippling through gilt markets was arising from concern about potential successors sitting politically to the left of Starmer, such as Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Last year, Rivera hired a new attorney, Matt Fakhoury, a former Cook County prosecutor himself, who made pleas to Demacopoulos and her successor, Craig Engebretson, to further investigate whether charges could be filed.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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After the world’s nuclear annihilation, the Enclave emerged from the ash and embers claiming to be the true inheritor of America.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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The initiative positions Arkansas as the sole inheritor and national administrator of the fund.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
19 Dec. 2025
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Payments for each device are capped at $20, but claimants may receive less depending on the total number of claims submitted.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Because of the spike in claims, the Ohio Division of Unclaimed Funds is asking claimants to allow up to 120 days for the state to review a claim, but some may take even longer.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Jan. 2026
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The pendant was believed to have been created in 1518 to celebrate the betrothal of Henry and Katherine’s daughter Mary to the French heir apparent.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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His son Amadon, 35, is the heir apparent.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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Fox News Digital previously reached out to Ferguson’s representative for comment about the DOJ's release.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Neither representatives for the musician nor football star immediately responded to requests for comment on Tuesday.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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As wealth transitions from founders to heirs, exposure often increases rather than decreases.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The heirs of Texas oil pioneer Hugh Roy Cullen own about 800,000 surface acres, but their real source of weath and power lies underground.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Three goals were scored that way on Saturday in the Premier League, with Brentford’s Vitaly Janelt, West Ham United’s Valentin Castellanos, and Manchester United’s Fernandes the chief beneficiaries.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s now changing, and the biggest beneficiaries won’t be programmers.—
David Heacock,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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