matriarch
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Haji Zada, who has been living in Fort Worth, Texas, was accused by prosecutors of being the "matriarch" of the group, who had worked "to radicalize the family".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Thanks to a curse leveled by the family matriarch back in the Salem witch-trial days, any man who falls in love with any of the women in the family is doomed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Her grandmother, the first woman his grandfather married, presided as matriarch over a farm where the wives lived together, and often helped choose the newcomers herself.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Somehow, I found their phone number, and Julia, the matriarch, graciously agreed to my request for an interview.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Dona Zaida, once a formidable matriarch who ruled her eight sons by a resolute jealousy, spent long afternoons watching novelas on television and perfuming her thickening wrists.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Our services are heavy on the patriarchs—and, for some, the matriarchs too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
“They are not the typical tiger moms or strict matriarchs, like in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ or ‘The Joy Luck Club.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024
For nearly 70 years, she played Peggy Woolley in the long-running radio drama: one of the best-loved matriarchs in British broadcasting.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
I bit and clawed every hand that grabbed me, and howled protestations against going to school; however, I was no match for the two determined matriarchs.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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