baron
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Digger sees Cruise transformed into a grey-haired oil baron who has to clean up his environmental mess, and is directed by Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
On Wednesday, billionaire oil baron Harold Hamm signed a preliminary deal to explore an undeveloped oil field in the state of Anzoátegui.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Patriarch and oil baron Ed Doheny and wife Estelle acquired the home in 1901 and the Doheny family made it their home for nearly 60 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Set on 5.3 acres overlooking the Ottawa River, 24 Sussex was built in 1868 by a lumber baron and member of Parliament as a gift to his third wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Is it Aunt Mabel?” the baron asked eagerly.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
GNP, a hedge against AI robots stealing all of the remaining sports jobs, but maybe also a rickety business propped up by advertising from gambling barons and their crazy cousins in the prediction markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Clark did not outline how a "brake pedal" for AI research and development could be created, but drew a parallel between AI and the oil boom and barons of the turn of the last century.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
She also analyzed just how rich the robber barons of "The Gilded Age" are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The salt barons of Michigan decided to do something about that.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
The knights of the Round Table were sent out as a measure against Fort Mayne, and the choleric barons who lived by Fort Mayne took the cudgels with the ferocity of despair.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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