predecessor
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Bettany, too, is more tamped down, more monkish as Salieri than his Oscar-winning screen predecessor, F. Murray Abraham.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Merits of the case aside, Rocha, 76, is a senior figure in Sheinbaum’s Morena Party and close ally of her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
He also addressed the recent sanctioning by the US of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, for allegedly supporting rebel groups.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Callais, like its 2013 predecessor Shelby County v.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sank beneath the ground.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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