bequeathed

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Monkhouse bequeathed his joke book collection to his writing partner in his will.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Frieda bequeathed it to the University of New Mexico, and the D.H.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The world they bequeathed to us was immeasurably better than the world they'd inherited from their parents.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

Devine also suspected that if he himself had not shown an interest in the Devine enterprises, old Ladd Senior would have bequeathed the operation to Shorty—lock, stock, and barrel.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols