godfather
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Later, the couple repaid the film producer by making him godfather to their daughter, Lilibet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Shepard has served as a sort of godfather for the Watergate revisionists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sheen said PCBs were now known as "the godfather of forever chemicals".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Eve’s godfather was Sol’s good friend Igor Stravinsky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Naw, girl! What kinda gangster you think your ol’ godfather be?”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Several key figures have since walked out, among them Yann LeCun, considered one of the "godfathers" of modern AI, who had led Meta's AI research since 2013.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
At a different event in Washington, Sanders recently pressed Geoffrey Hinton, considered one of the godfathers of AI, on what AI could mean for employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The godfathers of Laukkaing rose to power after Min Aung Hlaing, who now heads Myanmar's military government, led an operation to oust the town's then-dominant warlord.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
“The two godfathers of the industry have divergent opinions on such a fundamental question.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
In middle age he was the wealthy, respected man he had wanted to be when he was a struggling adolescent without godfathers and with no greater capital than his pride and ambition.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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