succession

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Many German institutions had just started relaxing travel restrictions to Iraq after a succession of conflicts, including the 2003 US-led invasion and the extremist Islamic State group.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

While Sweeney said that succession planning for the head coach role continued as normal, just as it did for his own role and that of other executives, he would not be drawn on specifics.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Josh D’Amaro and Dana Walden addressed Disney employees during a town hall Wednesday, as the heavily-scrutinized CEO succession process comes to a close.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

That would prove the regime’s inability to defend itself, signifying it can’t long survive and exacerbating divisions within a system already rocked by an accelerated succession crisis and the elimination of many top leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

This attitude was reinforced over the next few years, when a succession of critics, clearly Newton’s intellectual inferiors, raised a host of quibbles about his work, which showed their own ignorance more than anything else.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin