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Recent Examples of padre
The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other 20-game losers in that span: Brian Kingman, 1980 A’s: 20
Phil Niekro, 1979 Braves: 20
Jerry Koosman, 1977 Mets: 20
Phil Niekro, 1977 Braves: 20
Wilbur Wood, 1975 White Sox: 20
Bill Bonham, 1974 Cubs: 22
Randy Jones, 1974 Padres:
—Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
Game 84: Indians (44-39) vs. Padres (38-44) First pitch: 7:10 p.m.
—Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 6 July 2017
KEY WEST: Padres (1969); Sun Caps (1971), Conchs (1952, 1972-74), Cubs (1975).
—George Richards, miamiherald, 5 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 27 June 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second 5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 27 June 2017
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other 20-game losers in that span: Brian Kingman, 1980 A’s: 20
Phil Niekro, 1979 Braves: 20
Jerry Koosman, 1977 Mets: 20
Phil Niekro, 1977 Braves: 20
Wilbur Wood, 1975 White Sox: 20
Bill Bonham, 1974 Cubs: 22
Randy Jones, 1974 Padres:
—Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
Game 84: Indians (44-39) vs. Padres (38-44) First pitch: 7:10 p.m.
—Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 6 July 2017
KEY WEST: Padres (1969); Sun Caps (1971), Conchs (1952, 1972-74), Cubs (1975).
—George Richards, miamiherald, 5 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 27 June 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second 5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padre
Noun
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Many Catholics will attend a mass where the priests will smudge ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Superiors in the church hierarchy are accused of ignoring the crimes or, in some cases, protecting priests by moving them to new posts once the scandals were made public.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tutu, the new documentary from Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, 4 Little Girls), is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the smiling, joyous rebel clergyman who helped end Apartheid.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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The clergyman connected Webster with another church member who was a criminal-defense lawyer.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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De Niro plays a reverend in Los Angeles; Duvall is his homicide-detective brother.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026
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While standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Bhikkhu Pannakara, the leader of the Walk for Peace, thanked the monks' community, the governors, pastors, reverends and local law enforcement officers who welcomed them along their way.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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This Oscar-winning documentary follows the fascinating life of Marjoe Gortner, a former child preacher who returned to the practice as a young adult solely for financial purposes.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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In exchange for the preachers' supplying troops to stage boycotts, the businessmen would give the churches money.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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Two thousand people are expected to attend, including numerous religious figures such as bishops, priests and deacons.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Early Christians cited menstruation as the reason for not allowing female deacons or priests.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
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The republic has been ruled by clerics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
Max Burman,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026
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With Hicks, Leo is appointing a cleric who seems both like himself and distinctly different from the boisterous Cardinal Dolan.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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But while Gu hailed from a wealthy family that spent time in both the US and China, Liu’s father fled China after helping to lead the Tiananmen democracy protests, which China’s Communist Party cracked down on brutally.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Osmond, her siblings, and her father were what scientists call natural short sleepers.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Padre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padre. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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