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Recent Examples of godfather
The sons also took Murdaugh’s advice to hire attorney Cory Fleming to be executor of their mother’s estate without telling them Fleming was a longtime friend, old college roommate and godfather to at least one of Murdaugh’s sons.
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Jeffrey Collins, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
Hawkins, godfather to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, took teammates to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum whenever in Kansas City, decades before MLB officially recognized the leagues.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
Now Leroy could be dad first and coach second, while Lewis could be coach first and godfather second.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
Hosted by Sean, 44, the two-part documentary about his dad — who was tragically murdered outside his New York City apartment on Dec.8, 1980 — also features memories from his elder brother, Julian Lennon, and godfather Elton John.
—Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2020
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Jeffrey Collins, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
Hawkins, godfather to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, took teammates to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum whenever in Kansas City, decades before MLB officially recognized the leagues.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
Now Leroy could be dad first and coach second, while Lewis could be coach first and godfather second.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
Hosted by Sean, 44, the two-part documentary about his dad — who was tragically murdered outside his New York City apartment on Dec.8, 1980 — also features memories from his elder brother, Julian Lennon, and godfather Elton John.
—Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godfather
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Cousins’s presence means Mendoza likely won’t have to start right away, and will also have a veteran quarterback who can mentor him — not dissimilar to how Alex Smith started for the Chiefs during Patrick Mahomes’s rookie year.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now a senior at Villanova University, Baylor is an alum of the program and has come full circle, returning to coach and mentor the next generation.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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After 26 years in college basketball that included a 19-season run at Florida with back-to-back national championships in 2006 and ’07, Donovan moved to the NBA in 2015 to coach the Oklahoma City Thunder.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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While much of the lineup has changed for Charlotte since last season’s playoffs, the Checkers are still coached by Geordie Kinnear, who many players credited for the team’s big playoff run in 2025.—
Steve Lyttle,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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That process started with those trades and continued into free agency, when Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn prioritized veteran players to help guide a young roster.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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There are also in-room massages, guided hikes through surrounding trails, and sound healing sessions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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The production also took advantage of electric and hybrid vehicles and was the first production to pilot electric Shorty 40s, a new electric box truck built for film productions.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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But only 38 percent of the 2026 event’s entries ran autonomously, organizers say; the rest were piloted remotely.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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He was escorted by law enforcement at all times, the hospital said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Two men had allegedly escorted a store employee to the store’s office at gunpoint, beat her up to the point of bleeding and facial injuries and demanded access to the cash register and searched the victim’s purse.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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O’Sullivan shared dinners with the family, drank with the man’s parents, and would pray with and counsel them, Baillie said.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2026
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Right to counsel All of this should be unacceptable in a country that believes in the rule of law and that should be obligated to treat every person humanely.—
Erwin Chemerinsky,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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In this bucolic setting, days slip by discreetly engineered by the smart, young staff.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Ganz described building a viral marketing team engineered around the two-to-three week lifespan of a music trend cycle, with direct influencer relationships and in-house infrastructure designed to activate within 48 hours.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Godfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godfather. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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