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father

[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /




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More than 70 people packed into the courtroom on Wednesday morning, including Rinderknecht’s father, who sat in the front row, and Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Cary, 45, started to use LLMs at her workplace because doing so was heavily encouraged; a year or two later, she found herself struggling to write a remembrance of her father for his memorial service.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

One of his earliest memories was his father telling him, “You have to get an education and get out of here,” he said in a 1997 interview with The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Zuckerman started his company “by accident” after his father died from leukemia.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The Bible teaches me to respect my father.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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