bequeath
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Why do voters and MPs bequeath and remove their support with seemingly such casual ease?
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
If you bequeath a Roth, heirs’ withdrawals are tax-free.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
But a time-tested made-in-Italy pedigree and solid-metal build make the Marcato the sort of tool you bequeath to your grandkids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
If your friend has a valuable piece of jewelry she may wish to bequeath those to a sister or aunt or niece.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
He went on to bequeath little bits of money and jewelry to each of them, never clarifying which one he considered his Koh-i-noor.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
He appointed more than 140 cardinals from non-European countries and bequeaths his successor a Church that is far more global in outlook than the one he inherited.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
“Her voice was as sweet as her engagements were fiery. She bequeaths us tunes and images that will never leave us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
The loss of Jonathan Demme is a sad surprise, for the films that he bequeaths to us remain, to an uncommon degree, the work of a good man.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2017
And what love bequeaths to us before we’re born.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Boris arrived at the museum in 1932 amongst a large collection of taxidermy bequeathed by a local game hunter.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
And since houses can be bequeathed tax-free, having a valuable property can help homeowners who want to leave something to the next generation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Yet feats of demography are only part of what “Revolver” bequeathed.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The enduring love for these Broadway shows isn’t just about the standards they have bequeathed to the American songbook.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Anna Brown, divorced and without children, had bequeathed nearly all her wealth to her mother, Lizzie.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Museums have for a long time relied on wealthy individuals bequeathing, loaning or donating artefacts to build their science and art collections, explains Dr Smithwick, who recovers and sells fossils professionally.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hassan got further scope to exercise his instincts after Hafez al-Assad died in 2000, bequeathing power to his second son, Bashar, a British-educated eye surgeon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
He played the role of mediator, bequeathing legitimacy to a group which seemingly needed his normalcy.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
Longtime Dodgers fans will cringe at the bequeathing of so much power to one player, but this is how it works in Tinseltown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Robbie, my great-aunt, my rigid taskmaster of a piano teacher, passed away in June, bequeathing her house on Euclid to my parents, allowing them to become home owners for the first time.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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