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coheiress

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Then came an extravaganza on Times Square, which starred ultimate heiress Paris Hilton, on the runway.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
That was owned by Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, the heiress to the Campbell’s Soup fortune.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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Cseh, the archive's director, said successor governments to dictatorships rarely disclose the names of previous agents and informants, let alone records as detailed as those Hungary is preparing to release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
That order barred then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, or any of her successors, from releasing or sharing that portion of the report.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

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The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
That Apple is the heir apparent to NBC’s comedy legacy is admittedly surprising.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

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