handpicked

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Lucasfilm is also under new leadership, as veterans Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan are now co-presidents after George Lucas’ handpicked successor, Kathleen Kennedy, stepped down this year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

To accompany this change, Trump is preparing to install a “Garden of Heroes” in Washington, D.C.’s West Potomac Park featuring statues of historical figures handpicked by himself.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

In 2016, Chavez’s handpicked successor, Maduro, sought to boost revenues in the midst of a catastrophic economic collapse by promoting gold mining in a large swath of southern Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Danny Bretherton and Josh Olliver, both 17 and from Chorley, are among seven band members handpicked by the music entrepreneur on his new Netflix show, Simon Cowell: The Next Act.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

We handpicked our spring fashions .. . and holding hands, we danced.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson