protégé
Example Sentences
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But seeing her one-time protégé wearing bib No. 13 made Street very worried.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite being beaten into second, the American Kim spoke fondly of her protege afterwards.
From Barron's
McSweeney was also a longtime protégé of Mandelson’s, having worked closely with him in the past.
Another Mandelson protégé, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, denies that he is angling to succeed Mr. Starmer.
In a telling exchange with Seth Rogen’s Matt Remick, the protégé who fills her throne when the men above her push her out of her job, Patty somberly spells out the truth of the thankless task he’s taking on, one she successfully shouldered for years.
From Salon
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