heir
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Now she is directing Vigloo's latest micro-drama, The Return of the Nation's Heir.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Heir to a construction fortune and hobbyist jet pilot Anutin Charnvirakul is widely expected to remain Thailand's prime minister after this weekend's general election, regardless of the result.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Appeared in the October 18, 2025, print edition as 'An Hermes Heir Is Missing $15 Billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
To go down without a fight over a charge — that Toranaga is conspiring to kill the Heir — with no basis in reality whatsoever?
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024
“You’ve caught the Heir of Slytherin!” squealed a girl at the Ravenclaw table.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing heir
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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