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With a huge transfer under way, you may inherit shares of companies that you dislike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

My current estate plan: My will currently provides for Son #1 to inherit 60% of the business, with his share increasing by 2% for each additional year he works in the business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Summoning the will to surrender that power he’d trained all his life to inherit, to the Guardians of the Universe ordering him to betray his friend, is a Herculean act.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

His coronation follows the death of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV and comes amid a disputed succession, with questions raised over who should inherit the throne.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I am old, and I am about to die, and when I do, Josie will inherit everything I own. Lola, would you—?” She gestured weakly to the side, pointing down.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Whoever is named as beneficiary on the account itself inherits them, so make sure that each account currently names the other spouse as primary beneficiary.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Zhang inherits a company built around Carvykti, a one-time therapy for multiple myeloma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The Angel Stadium lease that Kroenke inherits requires the team name to “include the name Anaheim therein.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The lateral septum inherits much of its primary input from a brain region called the hippocampus.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

The next part of the will would read: "Whichsoever pair made the most money with the ten thousand dollars inherits the whole estate."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Political institutions have “much to contribute,” he allows, “but it is ultimately the teaching of the arts and humanities that will renew our inherited traditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

As Jean-Luc Picard, the captain who inherited the helm of USS Enterprise from William Shatner’s James T. Kirk, Stewart embodied franchise founder Gene Roddenberry’s humanist outlook.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We inherited a system that is difficult and unfair on young people, but we weren't able to move on that today," she told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

By the mid-20th century, this inherited relationship with the macabre migrated from home altars and rural folk traditions into the pavement of urban youth cultures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“She has obviously inherited my ability to communicate with the spirit world. She has been trained by the njuzu. I am pleased to welcome her into our family.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

We want the intimacy of a home without necessarily inheriting all the obligations of maintaining one.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

You have an emotional attachment to this property, and you regard your stepmother as an interloper, inheriting a property where your own mother probably once lived.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

PETERSBURG, Fla.—When the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Freddy Peralta at the trade deadline earlier this season, they knew they were inheriting a project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

John Ternus takes over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

It was hard not to fantasize about inheriting the estate.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull