whoever
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The position goes to whoever has had the longest run on the council without being president.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gaspar declined to say who he supports, saying he wants to have a good relationship with whoever wins and to be able to work with the next mayor to serve his constituents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I think pressure is a privilege, isn't it? I think whoever you're drawn against in this competition, particularly when you've made it through to the Finals, there are no easy matches," said Keothavong.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In terminals where multiple airlines operate, as in Newark’s new Terminal A, he says it’s feasible that whoever found it handed it over to the nearest airline employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The willingness of whoever this person was to sell him such vast amounts of cheap insurance gave Mike Burry another idea: to start a fund that did nothing but buy insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
His attitude is essentially that the EU must take the outstretched hand of whomever the UK puts on the dancefloor to represent them.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Root for whomever you want to win, for more or less any reason that moves you.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Thune said Trump had the right to endorse whomever he wanted, but acknowledged that the president's interventions could make moving legislation "slightly more complicated."
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The only villain here is Bear, or perhaps it’s the idea that young men believe they should simply be able to have whomever they want.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Because whomever I dressed—whoever that person was, it wasn't Mirjam Roodveldt.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Clothes that show whosever wearing them in their best light, to show off their beauty but in a way that never degrades them in any way,” Griffiths said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
I thank that voice whosever it may have been, Mingo, and will say it was as true a voice as the rest were lying voices.
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
Nom. who, Poss. whose, Obj. whom. " whoever, " whosever, " whomever. " whosoever, " whosesoever, " whomsoever.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
Shepherd, wherever, and whosever, drop an e; and wherefore and therefore assume one.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
One glance showed Mary that the letter, whosever it was, had brought unusual news.
From The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
