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Recent Examples of foster parent
His mother eventually managed to find him and came to see him at the home of his foster parents.
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Jade Wilson, The Dial, 21 Oct. 2025
For those unfamiliar, what’s the process to become a foster parent?
—Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The reports came from a school therapist at a local elementary school after a student’s foster parent told them Cordum had come to the home for an appointment and inserted something into the child’s rectum, according to a July 2024 news release by the state’s Department of Justice.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The foster parent, who wished to remain anonymous, broke down after seeing a shelter's post about a kitten being returned by an adopter because of allergies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Jade Wilson, The Dial, 21 Oct. 2025
For those unfamiliar, what’s the process to become a foster parent?
—Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The reports came from a school therapist at a local elementary school after a student’s foster parent told them Cordum had come to the home for an appointment and inserted something into the child’s rectum, according to a July 2024 news release by the state’s Department of Justice.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The foster parent, who wished to remain anonymous, broke down after seeing a shelter's post about a kitten being returned by an adopter because of allergies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foster parent
Noun
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When the doctors and nurses refused, the agents would turn to nursing assistants or other ancillary staff who weren’t trained to handle those requests, the doctor said.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even as his pain intensified and his leg grew worse without adequate blood flow, he was not immediately relocated to an intensive care unit, but was instead moved for several days between post-anesthesia units, despite protestations from his wife, a veteran emergency room nurse, the suit said.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Lutnick was also questioned about Epstein seeking a copy of his nanny’s resume and a meeting with her in 2013, a year after the trip to the island.—
Catherine Lucey,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Lutnick said his wife, four children and their nannies also attended.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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After Miles Killebrew’s injury, Peppers served as the personal protector on the punt team.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Your desire to be a protector is probably very powerful!—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Functional designs that pull double, or even triple, duty are an easy way to make your dollar stretch further, especially in smaller spaces where each piece needs to earn its keep.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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Mazda’s i-Activsense safety suite includes adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, blind-spot monitoring, and other modern aids as standard.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
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Another internal document Lanier showed from YouTube suggested that the video streaming platform be used as a short-term digital babysitter while parents cook, clean or do laundry.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Before this hearing, a dependency investigator obtains medical records and interviews caregivers, babysitters, relatives, therapists, the kids themselves, and, ideally, the parents.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The concierge can also coordinate sitters or walkers for an additional fee.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Unlike the portraits in Newman’s book, which were painted to glorify their sitters, many of the images in the Epstein files have a queasy, destabilizing aspect.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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