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Although some analysts have suggested Starmer may quietly be pleased with the resignation of his main rival and potential successor, the toppling of Rayner caps off what has been a dreadful summer for Labour, in which the party has lost more ground in the polls to the insurgent Reform UK.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025 -
The legislation would terminate the current attorney general’s term on the day the bill is signed into law, and his successor would not need Senate confirmation.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Paul Hollywood has arguably established himself as the only credible pop-culture inheritor to the title of Ol’ Blue Eyes.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Eligibility is determined based on information from both the claimant and their former employer.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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If the winner selects the annuity option, the claimant will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The president later named Vice President JD Vance his likely heir apparent while also proposing Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio team up for a future Republican ticket.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Aug. 2025
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While Kim's position as third-generation supreme leader affords him unquestioned command over the country, reports indicated he was forced to fight for this status, having been named heir apparent only a year before his father's death.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Newsweek reached out to the Kaseya Center and Gaga's representative for comment on Thursday via email outside regular working hours.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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All four umpires form a circle and leave room for one representative from each team to exchange lineup cards.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Goudstikker’s daughter-in-law claims to be heir to painting Weitz, the attorney for the family who lost the work, told USA TODAY that her client, von Saher, 81, is the rightful heir to the painting.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The young girl is believed to be around 12 or 13 and her debut appearance outside of her home country signals a possible role as North Korea’s heir-in-waiting, a parenting expert suspects.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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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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Since at least World War I, some legatees of Ivy League privilege have deployed their advantages to oppose injustices and support workers, often against these defectors’ own comfortable families’ and college classmates’ interests, and often at some risk to themselves.—
Jim Sleeper,
The New Republic,
4 Sep. 2023
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Florida is the state by far with the biggest population of TPS holders, with 403,965 beneficiaries living there.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the heart of Appalachia in Eastern Kentucky, many residents are beneficiaries of the state’s 2014 Medicaid expansion to low-income adults, which brought an outsized boost to some of America’s poorest counties beset by disproportionately high rates of chronic disease, disability and opioid abuse.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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