father
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The Sun reported Meghan's half-brother Thomas Markle Jnr claimed he found a stash of images belonging to his father at his former Philippines home.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
His late father helped clear the credit-card balance, but he is still chipping away at the loan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
His 45-year-old rival will travel to the city of Belo Horizonte before visiting the house in Rio where his father recovered after being stabbed during his ultimately successful presidential campaign in 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The King's youngest son has not yet seen his father in person, but they are said to have talked.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
After smashing a snake, I’ve learned more about my closed-off father than I ever have.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Llewellyn emphasized that fathers and other male role models have an especially meaningful role to play.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Similarly, we both embrace holy tradition, including the Bible, the church fathers and the seven ancient ecumenical councils, and we venerate the cross, Mary, saints, icons and holy relics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He’s obviously looked at as one of our founding fathers of of country music, and one of our patriarchal heroes of the genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Much like the father in the story, my own dad... was an accountant, but he quit his job to grow tomatoes. So it kind of touches on both of our fathers," he told BBC Newsday.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“It’s also a tremendous privilege, to be a full-time parent. Not all mothers or fathers get the chance to do this.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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Edgeworth’s interest in economics began with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, a charismatic inventor and landowner who married four times and fathered 22 surviving children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It also delves into his personal life, including his difficult childhood and the 14 known children he has fathered with a series of women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some males fathered more calves than others, but the difference was not as extreme as researchers had expected.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Brockman said when he spoke with Zilis after learning Musk had fathered her twins, "she said that it was via IVF and that it was entirely platonic with Elon."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Let them say that Eddard Stark had fathered four sons, not three.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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In 2015 he admitted to fathering a child with his lover.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
As older whales became more common, they also became more successful at fathering calves than their younger competitors.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
So why are some sperm donors fathering so many children, what made Danish or so-called "Viking sperm" so popular, and does the industry need to be reigned in?
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
And Leon had not done so badly either, with his four marriages and dedicated fathering.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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