father
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Malla said her father, mother, sister and sister's children were all claimed by the disaster.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The prince appeared to have mended relations with his cancer-battling father, King Charles III, during more recent UK visits, but Harry reportedly remains estranged from his brother, heir-to-the-throne Prince William and wife Catherine.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
When Jonás Derbez was growing up, he would often stay up late into the night watching his saxophonist father perform with a jazz ensemble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Both had tough upbringings marked by an absent father, intermittently absent mother and reliable grandparents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The story went like this: Her father had been dethroned by a mean giant.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
They were arguing instead that mothers and children deserve more care and support — from fathers, from employers, from society-at-large.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Brands grasping for attention may also miss a true shift as men go online to learn more about products like cologne than their fathers ever knew, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fathers questioning the ruling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Yet both fathers are left asking the same question: how did children who believed they had earned their future lose faith in the very system meant to reward them?
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“It means,” said Hanuman loudly, “that your fathers are mysterious, but always for a reason. These gifts from them are intended to help you in your quest.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
It comes more than a decade after his marriage to Roh - the daughter of a former president - fell apart following the revelation he had fathered a child with another woman.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The safari park lost its previous bull Thorn, who fathered 29 calves over the course of his life, in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
Huerta said that over the years, she’s developed a “deep relationship” with the children Chavez fathered and they are close to their siblings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
He had not known that she was pregnant and assumed that the child had been fathered by another man.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
He was investigated at the time for embezzlement and fathering several children, but was later cleared of the charges.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
Back then, Cool Papa Byrd had been light on the fathering side.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
