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Soon after Citi Holdings was unwound in 2016, Mason said, Corbat, by then the bank’s CEO, was grooming him to take over as chief financial officer, which he did in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

He was grooming his millions of followers, the petit blancs business owners and hustlers, into spreading the virus.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

President Museveni, 77, has been in power in Uganda since 1986, and there has long been speculation that he was grooming his son - a powerful figure in the military - to succeed him.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022

By 2011, Tressel had been mentoring Fickell for nine seasons, but it turned out he was grooming his replacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

All the time I was grooming her, she tried to lick the butter from my hands.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls