scion
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is the scion of a construction dynasty and a hobbyist jet pilot, but championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis and styles himself as a man of the people.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?” focuses on Chip, a ne’er-do-well scion of a wealthy New Hampshire banking family where “everything had been decided for him long before he was born.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
JKF Jr. was the scion of American political royalty, and Bessette was the commoner who won his heart by side-eyeing his fame.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
Anutin Charnvirakul is the scion of a construction dynasty and a hobbyist jet pilot, but championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis and styles himself as a man of the people.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Although Nabokov was the scion of a Russian noble family, he detested the class-bound servility ubiquitous in the land of his birth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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