successors

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Even though Starmer has become unpopular, he has aimed to balance the budget and potential successors might see things differently, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

No wonder Warren Buffett wrote in a 2007 letter to shareholders that a “farsighted capitalist” at Kitty Hawk would have done successors a favor by “shooting Orville down.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Plus, crucially, can this government and its successors, in their management of immigration and asylum, demonstrate the necessary fairness and control?

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Historically, five Fed chairs continued serving when successors hadn’t been confirmed, but a 1978 legal dispute arose over presidential authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Similarly, Lessius and his successors say that if you throw a quantity of bricks down on the ground you will never get a palace.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton