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padrones

noun

variants or padroni

plural of padrone

as in patrons

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Some of his bar inventions, for instance, were less grand thematic ideas and simply tricks to keep patrons indoors and ordering.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Matisse couldn’t have felt neutrally about Amélie making crowns for the same class of wealthy patrons who refused to support him.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
The state has asked Lake and Porter counties to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

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Rodriguez hopes voters connect instead with his vision for the office — one of an attorney general who takes on unjust landlords and multimillion-dollar corporations, especially those in the insurance and utility industries.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Two of the largest organizations that represent landlords, the National Apartment Assn.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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