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Appeared in the April 30, 2026, print edition as 'Warsh Inherits a Fracturing Fed'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Inherits a comfortable property, goes to an expensive college, dawdles through Europe, and then comes home to play carpet knight and read poetry to girls.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

May the hand that next Inherits thee be but as true to thee As mine hath been!

From Becket and other plays by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Now let a wondrous task be done By Nala, Viśvakarmá's son, Who, born of one of Vánar race, Inherits by his father's grace A share of his celestial art.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

"Inherits it from her mamma, I should think."

From Back to Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant