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In the first photo, Kardashian and True posed for a selfie, both wearing matching black Mickey Mouse hats, while a second shot showed the Good American co-founder beaming next to Tatum, with the mother and son wearing the same mouse ears.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The Strokes’ guitarist Nick Valensi spoke with the magazine Tablet in 2018 about being the son of a religious Tunisian Jewish father and the husband to a Sephardic Jewish woman.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
He is survived by his wife and young son.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Most of Quand j’étais photographe had been originally published in the 1890s as a series of articles in his son Paul’s journal Paris-Photographe.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The Strokes’ guitarist Nick Valensi spoke with the magazine Tablet in 2018 about being the son of a religious Tunisian Jewish father and the husband to a Sephardic Jewish woman.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
He is survived by his wife and young son.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Most of Quand j’étais photographe had been originally published in the 1890s as a series of articles in his son Paul’s journal Paris-Photographe.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for son
Noun
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The Highlanders all-underclass boys team lost four tiebreakers in a heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal loss against Alonso Mourning of Miami.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mary Brown retired after coaching boys and girls volleyball in the district for 19 years, including the past eight years with the Knights’ boys team.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Though the arrest took place over three years ago, the case faced new scrutiny in March when TMZ published a video of the altercation, showing Paul yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Charles, who is well-known for his love of nature and the importance of sustainability, fed chickens in a coop together with the kids.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The kid from Istanbul’s streets was not an aberration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/son. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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