baron
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Digger sees Cruise transformed into a grey-haired oil baron who has to clean up his environmental mess, and is directed by Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Billionaire oil baron Harold Hamm told reporters Wednesday that he wouldn’t support an export ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And at the heart of it is Alejandro Betancourt López, the Venezuelan oil baron who heads the Barbados-registered firm.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Patriarch and oil baron Ed Doheny and wife Estelle acquired the home in 1901 and the Doheny family made it their home for nearly 60 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It was thought that the twenty-third baron had no surviving relatives,” said Mother.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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“There used to be a lot of barons but now he’s the only guy,” Kuper said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
By the late 19th century, the industrial revolution had produced business barons commanding disproportionate wealth, a newly conscious working class, trade unions, and socialist parties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
But mining barons, whose operations have turned from true artisanal mining to multi-million dollar operations using large machinery and fleets of small planes, have adapted quickly.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
She also analyzed just how rich the robber barons of "The Gilded Age" are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Because the least valued oil leases were offered first, the barons usually lingered in the back, leaving the initial bidding to upstarts.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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