daddy
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"My dad wasn't an educated man, he wasn't able to read and write, but my daddy had a great sense of business," she told the BBC's World Service in 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I think there’s definitely a wish to provide for his mother, and to be the daddy of Team Green,” actor Ewan Mitchell said, referring to a fan name for his family’s faction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Under a photo of Star with a cross-eyed expression, he wrote, “I love you, my daddy Michael. Your son, Blowhole.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Jemma’s daddy was in Philadelphia helping slaves find their way to freedom.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The programmes are "parent-led, trauma-informed and support these mummies and daddies in the darkness".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025
But they’re also doing something many child-free cat ladies and cat daddies can relate to on a scale that suits them – growing food, making butter, harvesting eggs.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
“I trust mamas, I trust daddies, to deal with the health care of their children.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
To struggle to be fair to Dylan, in the universe of this book, and in most of these songs, the men the narrators confront are no better — sugarless daddies, jacks mistaken for kings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
“Ay, I’m being honest. My thing is, girls usually date boys who are like their daddies, and I ain’t gon’ lie, when I saw that white—Chris,” he corrects, and I smile.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
