venerable
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Investigators discovered a link to Bagur, who is a business coach rival of Dini's as well as being the 69-year-old "venerable master" of the Athanor lodge.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The German publisher outbid the Daily Mail for the venerable newspaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The venerable Warren Buffett offered this simple maxim in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors in 1986:
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
A venerable City of London institution is being snapped up by a U.S. asset manager in a nearly $14 billion deal that comes amid growing fears that AI will severely disrupt the finance sector.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
They were not remotely ready to step into the delicate confines of a racing shell, so they waited turns to board the school’s venerable training barge, Old New.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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