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father

[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /




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In 2021 her father made her a chief of staff in his private bodyguard, giving her the rank of general.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

His 80-year-old father, Lupe Nieto, is all too familiar with the parasite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

She was seen as close to her father, and was appointed to a senior role in his bodyguard command a year before her hospitalisation.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

That was the case for Millie, 28, a mother of three who went with her father to South Africa at age six, and had never returned until now.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Janet always wondered what life would have been like if her father had survived Vietnam.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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