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godchild

[god-chahyld] / ˈgɒdˌtʃaɪld /


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If you are Al Pacino’s godchild and he has forgotten, as his character Michael Corleone famously said in The Godfather, “it’s not personal.”

From BBC Oct. 14, 2024

He and his son were currently living with his godchild across the street, but storm damage might force her to move out as well.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2021

A fundraiser was to be held in a few days to benefit the nonprofit Perry’s Posse, which was started by Tanya Roccaforte in memory of her godchild who died of leukemia.

From Washington Times Nov. 3, 2018

Q. Don’t like my godchild: I’m the godparent to a kid named “Elizanthonius.”

From Slate Jun. 13, 2017

Once she saw my father use the obi, the divining coconut, to answer the questions of a godchild who had come to consult him.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Yeoh added that she felt blessed to also have a number of godchildren, nieces and nephews.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2024

And to my godchildren, to my sisters, all of them.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2023

It’s marked with family meals, candlelight church gatherings, fireworks, and gifts to godchildren that must include the Easter candle.

From Seattle Times Apr. 20, 2022

He is survived by his wife, actress and acting teacher Caroline Ducrocq, as well as their godchildren Grace, Hamish and Chet.

From Fox News Jan. 30, 2022

The campesino goes off with his medicine, a couple of cigars, a few mints for the godchildren.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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