prodigal returned
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Despite being jettisoned at fly-half when the prodigal returned in the autumn, Kinghorn is playing some of the best stuff of his life in his new-old role.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Every day when he turned from his office to go home, it was with the unacknowledged hope that he might find the prodigal returned.
From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Horatio Alger
"What would she do, I wonder, if the prodigal returned," he said quietly.
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
There was a joyous dinner at Elder Weaver's house that same Christmas day, the family being united again, the prodigal returned, and bringing with him a wife newly wedded.
From The Evolution of Dodd by William Hawley Smith
When the prodigal returned he was not watching with his father, he was “in the field;” when he learned that his brother had been welcomed to the home he was filled with anger.
From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman
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