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father

[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /




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His father was a Southern Baptist minister, and his Sunday morning sermons were broadcast on the radio in the afternoons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Zuckerman started his company “by accident” after his father died from leukemia.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Cary, 45, started to use LLMs at her workplace because doing so was heavily encouraged; a year or two later, she found herself struggling to write a remembrance of her father for his memorial service.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

His defence said he had a two-year-old daughter "who benefits from a close and active relationship with her father".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Her father shook his head, still humming with laughter.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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