prodigal returned

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Despite being jettisoned at fly-half when the prodigal returned in the autumn, Kinghorn is playing some of the best stuff of his life in his new-old role.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

Yet the days went by, and the weeks grew long, and no prodigal returned.

From The Flag by Greene, Homer

I lingered a little longer yet, ashamed at the part of the prodigal returned, which I feared I should play.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

When the prodigal returned he was not watching with his father, he was “in the field;” when he learned that his brother had been welcomed to the home he was filled with anger.

From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Erdman, Charles Rosenbury

There was a joyous dinner at Elder Weaver's house that same Christmas day, the family being united again, the prodigal returned, and bringing with him a wife newly wedded.

From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley