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father

[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /




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Landers said his father, who died in 2022, asked her to move in with him in L.A., but she didn’t want to leave the Bagdad.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

While Tomlinson remains close with some of her mother’s relatives, she has been estranged from her father for five years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Paphos district court was told in July that the boy fell through an open window when his father was holding him around his waist and swinging him from side to side.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

But weeks later, his actress girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was arrested following accusations from Rajput's father that she had contributed to his suicide.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

His father gazed at him with pain and longing.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Edward Seaman and Julia Coombs both lost their fathers and found each other.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Many fathers believe their role is simply to "provide", but they can do so much more, he says.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The themes are copycat crimes and the sins of the fathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

You may not get everything you want, but we should all agree that the civil rights and liberties the founding fathers sought to enshrine in our Constitution must be defended.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Orphaned children, some with American fathers and Vietnamese mothers, eat a meal in an orphanage, 1972.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

He eventually fathered a child with a new wife, but that marriage collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

It also delves into his personal life, including his difficult childhood and the 14 known children he has fathered with a series of women.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Some males fathered more calves than others, but the difference was not as extreme as researchers had expected.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

Zilis said the confidentiality agreement with Musk is why she did not disclose to OpenAI's chief executive Sam Altman that twins she gave birth to in 2021 were fathered by Musk.

From BBC May 6, 2026

There Diokles, son of Ortflokhos whom Alpheios fathered, welcomed the young men, and they slept the night.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

In 2015 he admitted to fathering a child with his lover.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

As older whales became more common, they also became more successful at fathering calves than their younger competitors.

From Science Daily Mar. 5, 2026

“If I was in a situation where I was fathering a child who was near a potential lifestyle like mine, I would be suggesting and making recommendations different to ones I received.”

From BBC Nov. 13, 2024

Of course, marrying a poet was one thing, but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry books to hunting... well, that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned it, I suppose.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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