scion
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The judge’s approval allows tech scion David Ellison to finalize his company’s $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was founded in 1978 by Steven Loui, a talented engineer and scion of a powerful Hawaiian shipping family.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The scion of football royalty was on track for yet another disappointing loss to Ohio State.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The majority of those who carried out the 9/11 attacks were from Saudi Arabia and planning was led by al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin-Laden, scion of a prominent Saudi family.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bram Fischer, a part-time lecturer, was the scion of a distinguished Afrikaner family: his grandfather had been prime minister of the Orange River Colony and his father was judge-president of the Orange Free State.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The effort has drawn billionaires and Trump-linked power-brokers, the scions of Cuban-American dynasties built on sugar, and immigrants who amassed fortunes over decades in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The first venture capitalists were wealthy individuals like Brown and Englishman Matthew Boulton—who subsidized James Watt’s steam engine in Great Britain—and scions of wealthy dynasties like the Rockefellers in the U.S.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Upper middle-class scions who went to the right schools, schmoozed at the right parties, and waited their respective turns for their time in the spotlight.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
The scions of two Philippine political dynasties, Duterte and Marcos had initially competed for the presidency in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
These weren’t the heirs and scions of industry; these were working-class Americans.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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