prodigal
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The prodigal will play a part, it seems.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The last time Apple had paid a dividend was 1995, a year before the prodigal founder’s return to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
David Kepner’s Biff, the prodigal son who rediscovers the reasons he ran off in the first place, delivers the most centered performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
James buried his face in his jersey as he attempted to keep his feelings in check while the Cavaliers played a video tribute to their prodigal hero during a first quarter break.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
I the most prodigal and mundane of historians.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
When the prodigals visited, the Cobbs kept it secret from Jones.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2018
I was disappointed, naturally, in the ways that home-seeking prodigals are, dismayed to find my otherness in tact among my own.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013
With true medieval literalism, Artist Saint likes to use genuine prodigals for his Prodigal Sons, combs missions for repentant sinners when one is needed for a window.
From Time Magazine Archive
Combines phone calls and wolf calls, prodigals and playboys, manages to emerge as the season's best of a bad lot of comedy farces.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What young prodigals are yon comin' skelpin' along, as if the dogs were aifter them?" and the head keeper came out from the kennels.
From Young Barbarians by Ian Maclaren
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