protégé
Example Sentences
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Anduril, which develops drones, missiles, robotic submarines and autonomous fighter jets, was founded in 2017 by Peter Thiel protégé Palmer Luckey.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’re under attack,” Gomina told Tigri, unaware his protégé was behind the uprising.
Jackson, who died last month at 84, rose to national prominence as a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. before launching his own influential civil rights campaigns and two historic presidential runs in 1984 and 1988.
From Salon
Billionaire Ronald Burkle is suing political power-broker Darius Anderson, accusing his former protégé and friend of cheating him out of millions of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times
As Salvador Dalí’s kindred spirit and protégé.
From Los Angeles Times
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