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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, 27 June 2017
Injuries: Padres: LHP Robbie Erlin (left elbow), LHP Colin Rea (left elbow), LHP Buddy Baumann (left shoulder), LHP Christian Friedrich (left elbow), RHP Jered Weaver (left hip) and INF Yangervis Solarte (left oblique).
—cleveland.com, 4 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 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, 27 June 2017
Injuries: Padres: LHP Robbie Erlin (left elbow), LHP Colin Rea (left elbow), LHP Buddy Baumann (left shoulder), LHP Christian Friedrich (left elbow), RHP Jered Weaver (left hip) and INF Yangervis Solarte (left oblique).
—cleveland.com, 4 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padre
Noun
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Today, the priests are on the road to canonization, and an associate of theirs, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, is one of Bukele’s most outspoken critics.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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Bishops must live in poverty and simplicity, generously opening their homes to all and acting as a father figure and brother to his priests, Leo said.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
Noun
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His intelligence sources ranged from an anonymous stable boy to the minister Samuel Mather, son of the Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather and a brother-in-law of Massachusetts’ royal governor, Thomas Hutchinson.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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And there’s one collared clergyman hoisted onto someone’s shoulders.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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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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After Texas lawmakers recently approved legislation requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in their classrooms starting on Sept. 1, a group of reverends has filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas in an effort to stop it.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2025
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When Anne was just three months old, Patrick was appointed the reverend of a nearby church, and the family moved to the Haworth parsonage.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Balmer, who visited him in Baton Rouge while researching a 1998 magazine piece about the disgraced preacher, said Swaggart struggled mightily after his fall from grace.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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But the outcome was far different when the preacher went after Gorman, who like Swaggart had an international television ministry.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Equality for women Like his predecessor, Leo opposes the idea of ordaining female deacons.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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But, also like Pope Francis, the Illinois native opposes ordaining women as deacons, for instance, so on that point he's seen as conservative on church doctrine.—
Chris Livesay,
CBS News,
7 May 2025
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There are multiple claimants to the Panchen Lama and the Karmapa Lama, the second- and third-highest ranking clerics, respectively, in Tibetan Buddhism.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
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Revered by his followers as a marja', a leading Shiite Muslim cleric, his role or that of his successor may come to resemble others holding this religious title, such as Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who holds no government position yet retains vast influence.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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As heir, Prince William often takes on important duties on behalf of his father, the King.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Donald Trump has ticked many boxes in his life and career: husband (three times), father (of five), (multi-)billionaire, President (twice).—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
8 July 2025
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“Padre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padre. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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