matriarch

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As long as this hunger continues and audiences show up for “The Faithful,” the producers have a wealth of stories to tell beyond the great matriarchs.

From Los Angeles Times

The same, he said, is true of Huerta — who “remains a matriarch of our Latino community.”

From Los Angeles Times

On 24 February, when the family upped their reward for the matriarch's return, the TV host said that they "also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone".

From BBC

The household matriarch, Sylvia, 64, said it took them five hours of dousing with buckets to extinguish the flames.

From Los Angeles Times

But I always think back to when I was very, very young, there was a kind of matriarch here in the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times