mentor
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Stewart found further acclaim on the big screen in many films of the "X-Men" series, debuting in 2000 as Professor Charles Xavier, the founder and mentor of the mutant superhero team.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
First-year Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur, the Rams’ former offensive coordinator, outcoached and outmaneuvered friend and mentor Sean McVay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Luckey and Lonsdale, like Vance, claim Palantir’s Peter Thiel as an influential mentor.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The mentor didn't know anything about healthcare," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She started the Fulton Firebirds two years ago at the suggestion of her mentor, a Black businesswoman we call Ms. Monica, who is the head lawyer at Coke, and who also is a former softballer.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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In Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Angela Duckworth explores how your situation—the objects around you, your peers, your mentors, your physical environment—shapes who you become.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Things have calmed down dramatically since the early 2000s," Zimbo, who now mentors youngsters, said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
People who work with the investor credit his business acumen, low-key demeanor and daunting work ethic, qualities that have attracted partners, founders and mentors alike — including Iger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Wall Street was stunned Monday when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was taken to task by one of his friends and mentors: legendary hedge-fund investor Stanley Druckenmiller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Woman to Woman has one monthly meeting where we all gather together, and in between those meetings we have one-on-one outings with our mentors.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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