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padrones

noun

variants or padroni

plural of padrone

as in patrons

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For customers, the bigger takeaway is that competition in fast food appears to be getting tighter, especially as hungry patrons pay closer attention to freshness, variety and value.

— Staff reports, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Pride events are held today in San Diego to honor the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City and patrons fought back in a dayslong confrontation.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 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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These meetings allow landlords to stay informed about campus developments while also sharing feedback and insight on student housing concerns.

— Kyle Brody, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Office building values in the district have plunged sharply as a result, with landlords struggling to fill space abandoned by major tenants.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026

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