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Under the proposal, Pinnacol or its successor agency would still serve as the state’s insurer of last resort for three more years.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026 -
Neuronetics has launched a search to identify his successor.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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His inheritor would truly get the movement going.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Counsel for the plaintiffs estimates between 60 and 75 people may be claimants in the class action.—
Chase Jordan
April 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2026
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However, claimants in the lawsuit — Baltimore, Maryland, among others — are looking for billions in damages.—
Dennis Valera,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Former President Jair Bolsonaro was jailed for 27 years for plotting a coup; his eldest son and heir apparent was thrown out of Congress and is living in the US.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The actor starred as billionaire Logan Roy opposite Strong as his heir apparent Kendall Roy, a role that earned Strong several Emmy Award nominations and one win.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Apr. 2026
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Voters appeared to elect two Democratic state representatives and one Republican state senator Tuesday in special election runoffs across the northern half of the state.—
Caleb Groves,
AJC.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The first two of the three meetings are of F1’s ‘Technical Advisory Committee’ which includes representatives from all 11 teams, as well as the five engine manufacturers, the FIA and the F1 organization.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the years since, the collection has been subject to numerous claims from alleged heirs, including distant cousins and half-siblings, according to a 2024 report by El País.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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In 2003, Brit Paul Lister, heir to the Mullard Furniture Industries fortune, acquired 23,000-acre Alladale and converted it into a lodge and wilderness reserve rooted in reforestation and reintroduction of endemic species, such as the water vole and mountain hare.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 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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The beneficiary of Adell’s first catch was starter Jack Kochanowicz, who worked 5⅔ innings, with seven strikeouts.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Nebius Cloud computing company Nebius (NBIS) is also one of the beneficiaries of robust demand for AI infrastructure.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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