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[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /




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Since about 2017, a more mysterious figure has appeared by Holmes’s side: Billy Evans, Holmes’s 34-year-old partner and the father of her two children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Her father had told her: “We are russky,” or ethnic Russian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In a statement outside court, Alexandrou described his client as an "incredible father".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was at this moment that a man identified by family as Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old father of two girls at the school, rushed in with his legally-held weapon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Harve and Orv Ogilvy, father and son, were out in their field.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

The show’s big themes are personal, not political: identity, love, loss, fathers and sons, family freedom, connection and being “real.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

Even so, he said he found very little research focused specifically on fathers who die during the first several years after the birth of a child.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“If only he had been fat,” joked my father, “we’d be twice rich. But your father’s fathers were all cursed with heroic fitness.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

He eventually fathered a child with a new wife, but that marriage collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

He’d dedicated the last 25 years to construction, during which he fathered three daughters and set roots in Compton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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

The donor Emily eventually used successfully, who we are calling Ryan, has fathered four children through Facebook groups.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Because he’d fathered the child with Eldred’s consort and was afraid Eldred would find out and choose another of us for his heir.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

Even decades later, the legacy of whaling continues to shape whale populations, affecting not only how many whales exist today but also which males succeed in fathering calves.

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

Back then, Cool Papa Byrd had been light on the fathering side.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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