godmother
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“I will feel like her godmother, aunt, older sister, whatever for the rest of my life,” says Kulukundis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
Tonight, the beloved crooner Pancho Barraza is performing and Vallejo is going with his mom, sister, aunt and godmother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
"I would not call myself godmother of anything," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
She told her godmother what happened in her channellors class with Dr. Bearden, describing the black light and its violet and white core.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Ronni Lundy, one of the godmothers of contemporary Appalachian cuisine, writes about this in her 2016 cookbook “Victuals.”
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
In the following years, the women started enrolling tens of thousands, earning the nickname of “Madrinas del Obamacare,” or “Obamacare” godmothers, evoking the crucial role godparents play in Latino culture.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
When Nadon returns, she is surrounded, rescued really, by four women, almost fairy godmothers, all gloriously tall: Emilie Gerrity, Emily Kikta, Isabella LaFreniere and Miriam Miller.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
The questioner has since been identified as Hussey, who served as the late Queen Elizabeth II’s lady in waiting for more than 60 years and is one of William’s godmothers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
But they finally limited themselves to giving them presents and serving as godmothers.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
