patron

The Catholic Church is trying to allay fears regarding Our Lady's patron saint status, granted by the pope in 1930.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Oklahoma City has treated McClendon and Larry Nichols as something like patron saints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

This year's patron, knitwear designer Helen Robertson, said: "I think wool week is just such a fantastic organisation and festival, and it's really brought Shetland textiles to life."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Of all the politicians Navatek courted under Kao’s leadership, Collins was its most important patron.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“I think when I’m done looking for my patron to be, I’m going to wash my hands of this place and never look back.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"Preliminary information gathered through witness and employee interview indicates Kariem was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling beneath the attraction."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The result was a lengthy bar meeting in which patrons, including “a gender-expansive lesbian” who “uses he/him pronouns,” berated one owner to tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

To attract patrons, the Los Angeles County Library turned to some of the most familiar faces on earth: Hello Kitty and her friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

At a brewery in the River Arts District, patrons listened with alarm as a hacker known as “Colonel Panic” described Flock cameras and governments “perfecting the art of watching you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

At the top of the stairs they reach a black platform, where everything is endlessly dark save for a circus worker in a white suit who is guiding patrons inside.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern