surrogate
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Hally is quick to take a superior tone with Sam and Willie, but the truth is that Sam has been a surrogate father to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Since Walter Mondale, vice presidents have come to view their role as that of top adviser to the president—senior troubleshooter, constant surrogate, head of a few special “portfolios.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The vice-president is the "perfect surrogate" in these high-stakes negotiations because of "his firm understanding of President Trump's goals", said Mark Bednar, who worked on the Trump-Vance transition team.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
So being a single father by choice is a rarer phenomenon, and doing so via gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother bears no genetic link to the child she carries, is rarer yet.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
I wanted to rely on Ms. G’s class to be my surrogate family, but I’m slowly finding out that it might not be a good idea because we may not be a family next year.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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