bequeathed

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But many who served in the front lines maintained their revolutionary zeal, becoming more determined to sustain the regime Khomeini bequeathed to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 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

The sculptor had donated it to a Save the Children charity auction in 1963, where it was bought by the former governor who later bequeathed it to Bryanston School.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 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