scion
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Alex Murdaugh, 57, scion of an elite family of judges and attorneys, was denied a fair trial because a court clerk influenced the jury, the South Carolina Supreme Court said.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The race — lacking a global superstar such as Arnold Schwarzenegger or the scion of a storied political family and former governor like Jerry Brown — is ephemeral.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
He had traveled the world and mingled with the elite by the time Fiat scion Gianni Agnelli brought him back to Maranello as chairman—and gave him a specific mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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
Then Aragorn cried: ‘Yé! utúvienyes! I have found it! Lo! here is a scion of the Eldest of Trees! But how comes it here? For it is not itself yet seven years old.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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