successor
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But Trump’s latest posts appear less interested in interrogating Washington than in imagining him as a collaborator — writing, riding and offering design tips to his 21st-century successor.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He had been asked about the stances of Newsom and his potential successor, Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Kosakewitsch’s successor will be announced at a later date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Big Short” investor Michael Burry wrote that he has feared any successor to Buffett would be “too old,” and have no patience for “the fat pitch,” in reference to Abel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Giver needed a successor, and he had been chosen.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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Earlier, he told an Edinburgh Fringe event that leading Scottish Labour was the hardest job in British politics and urged his potential successors to avoid infighting.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
But there’s another reason successors like Graham often adopt their male predecessors’ stances: political expedience.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
But Rabin, and several of his successors, have done precisely that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Fearful that spending millions to fix it up would draw charges of wasting taxpayer money, prime ministers have long shied away from repairing Canada’s most well-known fixer-upper, punting decisions about its fate to their successors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As his successors discovered that the Americas were not part of Asia, Indians became a dire anthropogonical problem.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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