succession
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Those familiar with this mythology know this trainee dynamic isn’t how the Green Lantern’s succession usually works.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Batista Filho said that because of the internal succession, there will not be big changes in the company’s direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Frenchman joins a PSG side which have won the Champions League twice in succession, most recently after beating Arsenal on penalties in the 2026 final.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Each had been severed from the setting that made rights, ownership and succession intelligible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I said, "'I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.'"
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
The directive designates Turks as the “original” people of modern-day Turkey, which has been inhabited by successions of people throughout history—including Hurrians, Greeks, Armenians, Persians and Kurds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
This year, there will be lots more successions to work into the seed-sowing calendar, including lettuce.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
The tightening of the family's grip on its empire also comes amid a wave of high-profile successions in other fashion companies in Europe.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2023
My research looks at successions in family businesses – specifically, how knowledge should be passed on during this process.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2021
Somewhere there was an actual arsenal, but it was closed off behind successions of sealed mesarthium doors, and anyway, Minya thought knives appropriate tools for butchery.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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