patron
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Our twisted version of a capitalist guardian angel, patron saint of spandex in a cropped matching set.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The waiting list for Masters tickets has been closed for decades and patron badges are passed down through families like heirlooms.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Castro almost fell off a cliff in the early 1990s when he lost his Soviet patron, but he had moves then, and he made them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The colour is believed to be a homage to the fifth Earl of Rosebery, Archibald Primrose, a 19th Century Liberal prime minister and patron of Scottish football.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Aquinas Christianized Ad Herennium, partly misunderstood it—misreading “solitude” for “solicitude,” thus accidentally discovering a devotional aspect in it—and became the patron saint of medieval mnemotechnics.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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