heiress
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Local media say Hanning's alleged possession of intelligence documents came to light during a separate case relating to German steakhouse heiress Christina Block.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It is your house,” the hotel heiress said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
He painted this one of the heiress to Hunt Wesson Foods and her husband, a zealous art fan, shortly after creating another well-known double portrait of Isherwood and Bachardy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
If she was not the heiress now, she would be soon, what with her clues, Angela's clues, Turtle's clues, Denton's clues, and the clues of Mr. Hoo's obedient son.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
“I thought heiresses were supposed to have money,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
She strives mightily to connect heiresses, a somewhat antiquated concept, to the present, which sometimes misfires, like when she writes that Hutton was “shooting herself in the Blahniks” by divorcing Cary Grant in 1945.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Van never lost his way with women, and he later married and divorced at least two heiresses.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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