father

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A GoFundMe set up in Meadows’ name described the deckhand from Montesano, Wash., as a father to “three amazing little boys” who died “while doing what he loved — crabbing out on Alaskan waters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

I also received a small inheritance from my father.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Then, less than a week later, as Jessica was in her bedroom, being comforted by her maternal grandmother, Linda Gandy, her father appeared.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

He also called his father “a truly brilliant person.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Ever since the days when Willem was studying church history, I had remembered the venerable fourth-century church father, Eusebius.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom