baron
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Cruise was at CinemaCon earlier in the week to preview a very different film, Digger, in which he plays a grey-haired oil baron who has to clean up his environmental mess.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Not because Mullin, a wealthy plumbing baron from Oklahoma who’s served in Washington since 2013, has a distinguished legislative record.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2026
John Catsimatidis, the grocery-store baron and New York fixture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The property baron offloaded one of his Tennessee homes back in 2021, selling the seven-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom abode, which is believed to have served as his primary residence, for $10.2 million in August of that year.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Held captive by his wife’s temper like an insect stuck on a pin, the baron squirmed and blushed until he finally turned to Edward Ashton.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
The ruthless machinations of Gilded Age robber barons are transposed to New York’s hotels and banquet rooms—a story of love marketed to the highest bidder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Clark did not outline how a "brake pedal" for AI research and development could be created, but drew a parallel between AI and the oil boom and barons of the turn of the last century.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
“There used to be a lot of barons but now he’s the only guy,” Kuper said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The salt barons of Michigan decided to do something about that.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
“In her youth she was out hunting barons, har har! Caught one, too. Just my luck it was me.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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