heir
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That tension runs through “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s hit documentary about Holmes and her longtime partner, Billy Evans, an heir to a wealthy San Diego hotel family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Harry, the second son of King Charles III and estranged brother of heir to the throne Prince William, married the American Meghan, a former actress, at Windsor Castle in May 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Holmes raves about her husband, San Diego hotel-chain heir William Evans, whose ego takes up most of the space in their beachside rental.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mistry, heir to the SP Group, was chosen by a team led by Ratan Tata himself.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“You know, I am the heir of Denmark—” began Hamlet, as if I had forgotten.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Today, it’s in Zurich, having been donated by Bührle’s heirs to the museum that bears his name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
They also come into play for people who going to leave the money in those accounts to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Yet now, 10 years in, the movement’s heirs may not call themselves neoperreo at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Cumbria Connect is part of a scheme paid for by the Arcadia Fund which was co-founded by one of the heirs to the Tetra Pak fortune.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The heirs stared at him with blank faces, no one nodded, no one even blinked.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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