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Recent Examples of stepfather
Díaz’s stepfather managed to get away via the outside fire escape.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Local media reported the weapon belonged to the teenager's stepfather, who was also detained.
—CBS News, 6 May 2026
Leander James, an attorney who represents the Chapin family and Mogen’s mother and stepfather, Karen and Scott Laramie, confirmed that the Ada County Sheriff’s Office recently touched base with him about its investigation into the leak.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2026
And the horrors, Coles said, didn’t go away even when his stepfather did.
—Alex Zietlow, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Local media reported the weapon belonged to the teenager's stepfather, who was also detained.
—CBS News, 6 May 2026
Leander James, an attorney who represents the Chapin family and Mogen’s mother and stepfather, Karen and Scott Laramie, confirmed that the Ada County Sheriff’s Office recently touched base with him about its investigation into the leak.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2026
And the horrors, Coles said, didn’t go away even when his stepfather did.
—Alex Zietlow, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepfather
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In addition to her three children with Williams, Longet was also a stepmother to a son with her second husband, Ron Austin.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Compared to RuPaul’s Drag Race’s more effusive guests, Michelle Visage can come off as the withholding evil stepmother on the judges’ panel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Wahl added in the later news conference that the mother of one suspect called police hours before the shooting.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Set in 1962, a boy roughly Travolta’s age voyages from New York to Los Angeles on a series of hopping flights with his mother, who is hoping to land a rich husband or a good Hollywood role in that order.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Instead of feeling alone, their daughter suddenly had her dad right beside her — with his own crazy hairstyle to match.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Everybody’s got a dad, everybody’s got a mom, lots of people have sons and daughters, people are in relationships.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Those split levels of child and adult consciousness give the film a certain piquancy, a little gap where drama can spark in a story where almost nothing really happens except a kid takes a plane ride, or several plane rides, with his mom.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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The little girl was holding her mom’s hand when three men opened fire on a rival group near Southern Blvd.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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The most common reasons cited for detransition were pressure from a parent, harassment or discrimination, and that transitioning was too hard.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
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Din wasn't born on Mandalore but was taken in by the Mandalorians after his parents were killed in the Clone Wars.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Petito’s parents and stepparents —Nichole and Jim Schmidt, and Joseph and Tara Petito— will serve as the keynote speakers for the Faces of Courage 2026 event at 5:30 p.m. April 30 at the downtown Boise Centre.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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The poll surveyed 977 caregivers of children 13 and younger, including 53% biological mothers and 33% biological fathers, with the remaining participants including stepparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Stepfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepfather. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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