godfather
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Her husband, Keith Bartlett - sometimes referred to as the "godfather" of UK drag racing - runs Santa Pod Raceway.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Later, the couple repaid the film producer by making him godfather to their daughter, Lilibet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He’s been called the godfather of farmland groundwater recharge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Inspiration came from a noble predecessor, Charles Ives, the godfather of modern American music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
I happen to be the young man's godfather.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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
LeCun, often described as one of the godfathers of AI, created an AI research organization inside Facebook in 2013 and became Meta’s chief AI scientist a few years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Unlike his fellow AI godfathers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Prof LeCun has cast doubt on the idea AI might pose an existential threat to humanity.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
“It’s almost like watching your parents fight. The two godfathers of the industry have divergent opinions on such a fundamental question.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
The next Saturday, Desdemona, seized with conflicting emotions, watched as the children’s godfathers held them above the baptismal font at Assumption.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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