godfathers

verb

present tense third-person singular of godfather
as in coaches

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  1. coaches
  2. engineers
  3. mentors
  4. pilots
  5. schools
  6. guides
  7. counsels
  8. escorts
Verb
  • Brooks also coaches youth and varsity baseball at Nazareth Area High School.
    — CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Earlier this month, at least eight states sued OpenAI, with Iowa’s lawsuit alleging that ChatGPT gives dangerous medical advice, encourages paranoia and coaches people to hurt others or kill themselves.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of coaches
Verb
  • When Gilla Band hit the road, their front-of-house guy drives, Fox also engineers, Kiely sells merch, and Faulkner runs tech.
    — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
  • Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of engineers
Verb
  • One possible explanation is that working together gives employees more opportunities to benefit from a supportive manager who mentors and offers development opportunities, while distance can offer some relief when the relationship is less favorable.
    — Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Hamade, who mentors much of CentraLife’s advisor network directly, frames the company’s growth less as a sales story than an infrastructure one.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of mentors
Verb
  • The software that pilots the drones, for example, can plug into things like Boston Dynamics’ robo-dog, Spot, or into other companies’ drones.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of pilots
Verb
  • Its approval gives Class 5A and Class 6A schools the ability to move forward in Texas, a state with a wide range of enrollments, while smaller schools have more time to implement and evaluate.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of schools
Verb
  • Kaepora Gaebora, the talking owl who guides your path, won't repeat himself at the slightest provocation.
    — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Sand, 44, ran on affordability, expanding health care access and ending Medicaid privatization, and often talked about how his Christian faith guides him.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of guides
Verb
  • There is an encounter with Albert Einstein, of all people, who counsels her to take a stand against these racist booking policies.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As someone who counsels and advocates for people who have been convicted of the worst crimes imaginable, Hood often faces criticism from the victims’ families.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of counsels
Verb
  • Executive Officer Goodman Bellamy escorts mourners to the wardroom where refreshments are laid out.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Entry has been moved to the garden, where you’re greeted by a hostess who escorts you into an antechamber with a bar, and you’re invited to order a pre-dinner cocktail.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of escorts
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