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protégé
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  • Reverend Verringer has indeed just come into the room, and is smiling at Simon with annoying benevolence, as if Simon is his protégé.†  (source)
  • Almost immediately, the Captain saw something in the skinny, hungry lad from Gary—some spark of raw intelligence, perhaps—and took him as a protege.†  (source)
  • "Did you ever come across a protege of his—one Hyde?" he asked.†  (source)
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  • Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.†  (source)
  • Dr. Barnard was a key player in this inner council and was said to be a protégé of the president.†  (source)
  • The network of Clara and Jaime's proteges expanded, to the point where they lost count of how many people they were caring for; they were surprised whenever somebody appeared at the door to thank them for a favor they could not recall.†  (source)
  • The chauffeur — he was one of Wolfshiem's protégés — heard the shots — afterward he could only say that he hadn't thought anything much about them.†  (source)
  • I'm with a good buddy, Marine Tommy Richardson, another Shelton protege.†  (source)
  • That his protégé should turn out to be a maniac!†  (source)
  • But when the Boss started to court other possible proteges, strong-bodied young agents who would serve a social function more than a Bureau function, Clyde knew it was time to submit to Edgar's need for a steadfast and unquestioning friend, a mate of soul and word and unvarying routine.†  (source)
  • But, no, gentlemen," said Stryver, looking all round, and snapping his fingers, "I know something of human nature, and I tell you that you'll never find a fellow like this fellow, trusting himself to the mercies of such precious protégés.†  (source)
  • 'Now, Potter —' He made the same slashing movement with his wand that he had used on Hermione just as Harry yelled, 'Protege/' Harry felt something streak across his face like a blunt knife; the force of it knocked him sideways and he fell over Neville's jerking legs, but the Shield Charm had stopped the worst of the spell.†  (source)
  • He was our driver from the airport, a protégé of mine and the son of a classmate I roomed with at the university.†  (source)
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