protégé

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Anduril, which develops drones, missiles, robotic submarines and autonomous fighter jets, was founded in 2017 by Peter Thiel protégé Palmer Luckey.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Equally compelling is Silas’s protégé, Barnaby, who claims to have David’s best interests at heart—until he tells David he intends “to get to know you and your every secret better than anyone ever has before.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Indiana, meanwhile, went from being the team known for posting more losses than any other in Division I history to a legitimate force when it hired Cignetti, an unsmiling protégé of Saban’s in Tuscaloosa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The screen tests were not successful, but Vadim - who was six years older - took her on, first as his protégé and then as his fiancée.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Almost immediately, the Captain saw something in the skinny, hungry lad from Gary—some spark of raw intelligence, perhaps—and took him as a protégé.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam