baron
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As early as 1859 the New York Times associated Cornelius Vanderbilt with the idea of the medieval robber baron, thus tarnishing the image of the country’s biggest shipowner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Cruise was at CinemaCon earlier in the week to preview a very different film, Digger, in which he plays a grey-haired oil baron who has to clean up his environmental mess.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Not because Mullin, a wealthy plumbing baron from Oklahoma who’s served in Washington since 2013, has a distinguished legislative record.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026
The property baron offloaded one of his Tennessee homes back in 2021, selling the seven-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom abode, which is believed to have served as his primary residence, for $10.2 million in August of that year.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
There might go another baron at full tilt after some dragon or other, and bump! down he might come, while the horse cantered away.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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