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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godfathers
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To her daughter, 8-year-old Hazel (Nola Wallace), Paula is the fun parent, a mom who encourages ice cream for dinner, embraces cursing, enthusiastically participates in TikTok dances, and even coaches her daughter’s youth soccer team.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026 -
Perkins coaches his son’s YPG Perkins team, and things were getting chippy against their opponent, Swaveway Playaz.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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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
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Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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In Tuner, Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, a veteran piano tuner who mentors Niki White, a younger apprentice played by Leo Woodall.—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Additionally, Charles visited a grassroots community organization that mentors children and young people affected by food insecurity.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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There's also an optional co-op mode, which allows two players to split the controls of the Arwing starfighter and other vehicles; one person pilots them while the other shoots at enemies.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Benji gives in to whatever Jake wants, desperate not to rock the boat, while Jake frequently pilots their relationship, taking control without giving much thought to Benji and his desires.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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Its infrared seeker locks onto a target before launch and guides itself to impact without further operator control.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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By the 31st minute, Andrew guides Sudeikis and his family to the back near the other celebrities.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Redberg, for example, counsels older patients about diet, exercise and weight loss but does not urge them to start medication to reduce a 135 systolic reading to below 120.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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De-stress on the daily Whether we're being sapped by parenting decisions, job hunting, health troubles or world weariness, many of us could use a charge to our internal battery, says clinical psychologist Enmanuel Mercedes, who counsels many (often exhausted) parents.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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If approved, an Iranian boat escorts the vessel through the territorial waters around Larak Island.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Godfathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godfathers. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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