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father

noun as in male person who begets children

noun as in priest

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The father sets out with his son to find her, linking up with a small group of sympathetic rave attendees as the elements and a global conflict threaten both their sanity and safety.

His father, who was in a separate tent nearby, saw a man walking away from his son's tent and phoned police.

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There was also a sweet and funny animated short, “Brad and His Dad,” about a divorced father trying to connect with his video game-obsessed 11-year-old.

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The MP was born and raised in Mozambique, where her father was living in exile after spending a decade as a political prisoner in South Africa.

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He had hoped to visit the site of his grandfather's grave in Basra with his own father.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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