prodigal
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Despite the very real tensions and ramifications of Harry’s decision to go public with his and Meghan’s experiences and criticisms, his prodigal son position is, and frankly, has always been, a boon for the Firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The prodigal will play a part, it seems.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The last time Apple had paid a dividend was 1995, a year before the prodigal founder’s return to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
James buried his face in his jersey as he attempted to keep his feelings in check while the Cavaliers played a video tribute to their prodigal hero during a first quarter break.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
We were prodigal in its usage, we were reckless with its implications.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
When the prodigals visited, the Cobbs kept it secret from Jones.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2018
I was disappointed, naturally, in the ways that home-seeking prodigals are, dismayed to find my otherness in tact among my own.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013
Yet unlike those prodigals who waste themselves and their substance alike, he was not regarded as either a spendthrift or a debauchee, but rather as a refined voluptuary.''
From Time Magazine Archive
A providential train wreck brings the prodigals, fortuitously unblemished, back home.
From Time Magazine Archive
You would think that I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals, lately come from swine-keeping, from eating draff and husks....
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
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