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Instead of cultivating consensus, King Salman concentrated power in the hands of MBS, sidelining the remaining princes of his own generation and those in the next generation who could rival his favorite son.
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F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
Birmingham spent a week in June celebrating the Negro Leagues, with everything from a slate of games at historic Rickwood Field to various murals and totems in honor of Mr. Mays, the town’s favorite son.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
Stephen Curry, Charlotte's favorite son, was cooking in the Paris Olympics men's basketball semifinal against Serbia Thursday.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
A lot of car chases today are all done in visual effects, because people don’t have Boston’s favorite sons in their movies and the opportunity to do it for real in Boston.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
Birmingham spent a week in June celebrating the Negro Leagues, with everything from a slate of games at historic Rickwood Field to various murals and totems in honor of Mr. Mays, the town’s favorite son.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
Stephen Curry, Charlotte's favorite son, was cooking in the Paris Olympics men's basketball semifinal against Serbia Thursday.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
A lot of car chases today are all done in visual effects, because people don’t have Boston’s favorite sons in their movies and the opportunity to do it for real in Boston.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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