affectionately
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Former Navatek employees say he was affectionately referred to as “Uncle Dan.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
I learned that he’s a proud father of two boys and a girl, and two dogs named Nipsey and Scrap, whom he affectionately calls his “babies.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ozzy, known affectionately - despite the title - as The Prince of Darkness, died on 22 July last year, less than three weeks after the band's farewell Back to the Beginning gig at Villa Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Troops affectionately referred to the civilian logistics engineers supplying the beverages as “Coca-Cola colonels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Contemplating the grand tour of Lawrence and Alvarez and the resurgent electioneering of Teller for the Super, Oppenheimer aired his doubts to Conant in a letter affectionately addressed to “Uncle Jim.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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