role model
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“My grandfather was my role model growing up,” she wrote on the team’s fundraising page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
It said Shahbazi was a "much-admired role model for a 'mother scientist', a term she used to describe herself".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Next to the congresswoman, the star attendee is a student at Sam Houston Elementary School who dressed up for school as her role model, who happened to be Monica De La Cruz.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
In Dad’s defense, his father never paid attention to him or any of his seven kids, depriving him of a role model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
She became a role model, inspiring generations of African American performers who followed her.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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