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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
Verb
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Nkrumah mentored Tom Mboya, a leader of Kenya’s independence movement.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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Brown, who fronts the Zac Brown Band, will mentor the contestants on teams coached by Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Part of the answer, Arena acknowledged, comes from coaching.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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This one must have hurt for Titans fans, seeing their former head coach, sporting his familiar navy blue vest on the opposing sideline, coaching his new team in a blowout win while their own team still looks aimless.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Over the past two decades, the ordinances guiding the Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) have been revised multiple times to strengthen its capacity to serve the public effectively.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the expert teachers of the school were happy to guide women back to a true feminine balance.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The helicopter was piloted by Eric Nixon, who is described as an aviation influencer known for doing daring maneuvers.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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But earlier this year, the government fast-tracked its self-driving goals to let companies pilot their taxi- and bus-like services by spring 2026.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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The video shows an unidentified man being pushed away by her security after the incident while Emiru was escorted offstage by her manager.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Zoo security then found Thomas and the unnamed woman in the aquarium area of the attraction, and the pair was escorted off the premises.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Health systems can add a brief screening and counselling step to routine primary care visits and build simple referral pathways that do not collapse under real world pressure.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rosenblatt, who works for Baptist Medical Group, part of a large regional health system, said some doctors have less incentive to prescribe the medicine, because the state doesn’t pay them to counsel patients about necessary dietary changes when taking the new drugs.—
Phil Galewitz,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Scientists at Rice University have engineered living cells to light up like tiny beacons, revealing protein changes in real time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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With powerful video models now available to anyone with a browser, the internet will soon flood with high-volume, high-intensity clips engineered for shock, irony, or dopamine.—
Victor Riparbelli,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Godfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godfather. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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