father figure
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"Amid all this chaos, what really matters to me is this feeling of someone who can somehow bring everyone together, almost like a father figure."
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
"He wasn't just a manager to me, he was a hero at first and then he became my manager and my boss and friend, but then he became like a father figure," Clark said.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Warren and I are mostly peers, but sometimes he is so much wiser than I am, he’s like a father figure to me,” Gates wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In that capacity, Head cemented Giles in our minds as a positive father figure without meeting the strict definition of a TV dad.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The only kid he knew who’d had to become a father figure for his little brother and sister, when he was barely older than them himself.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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