scion
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A scion of northeastern Virginia, Washington first crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains during the course of his duties as a teenage surveyor in 1748.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
He had traveled the world and mingled with the elite by the time Fiat scion Gianni Agnelli brought him back to Maranello as chairman—and gave him a specific mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Ahmed provides his haunted, intelligent eyes to convey the inner torment of this Hamlet, the grieving scion of a wealthy family of real estate developers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is the scion of a construction dynasty and a hobbyist jet pilot, but championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis and styles himself as a man of the people.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
He became the invincible Gael, the scion of desperate races more ancient than Arthur’s, and more subtle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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