What the diplomats are looking for is a potential successor to the Taliban rulers.

And as this work shows, things did not get any easier for Johnson's potential successors.

Now potential successors are said to be afraid that voters will stay home to punish the party.

Several said they were encouraged that administration officials had already asked them for names of potential successors.

White House officials are trying to expand their list of potential successors.

It's hard to tell whether that person will stay with the organization, so you're much better off identifying several potential successors.

Q. So the board should be involved every step of the way with potential successors?

Some even talk of him as a potential successor to David Cameron.

The mayor should begin working immediately to bring his potential successors up to speed.

Over the years he has seen to it that no potential successor emerged.