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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said 44 people and groups were targeted, including five individuals and one linked to Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), seen as the successor to Tehran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons program.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Removing Isak removed 20 league goals a season from their team, with Liverpool also signing Hugo Ekitike, the player Newcastle’s recruitment staff believed was his most natural successor.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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Though the gardens honor the full Calder lineage, their focus is on the twentieth-century inheritor.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Profiling For Smarter Campaigns Building a profile of the likely claimant is where analytics begins to deliver value.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Eligible claimants who used Facebook during the 15-year period and filed a claim by August 25, 2023 will be notified via email several days before their payment is issued.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jakob Chychrun is built in a similar mold and is the heir apparent to Carlson.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The exhibition featured several designs, including pieces worn by Queen Mathilde, her eldest daughter and heir apparent Princess Elisabeth, as well as Queen Maxima.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, set to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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That was the hammer Kaprizov and his representatives wielded, in an environment where so few superstars hit free agency despite unprecedented year-over-year cap growth.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lawyers representing Prince Harry and other high-profile figures bringing privacy lawsuits against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid said on Wednesday new evidence showed his brother Prince William and the heir's wife Kate were also targets.—
Michael Holden,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The books and series follow star student Ruby and wealthy heir James Beaufort falling for each other despite their differences.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 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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For some Obamacare beneficiaries, premiums are expected to more than double, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (aka KFF), a nonprofit health care research organization.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Gruden was the beneficiary of a key ruling in his case against the league in August as the Nevada Supreme Court determined that his case could proceed in court instead of arbitration.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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