mentored

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Rollins was a gifted player and was mentored by pianist Thelonious Monk.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“She demanded a lot, but she also fought for us, mentored us, and stood by us when life got hard,” the former aides wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Antonelli owes his place in F1 to Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, who picked him up as an 11-year-old, wowed by his potential in karting, and has mentored him ever since.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

After the Iraq war, Khamenei spent time in the city of Qom, where he was mentored by Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a radical cleric who is considered the spiritual father of Iran’s hard-liners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Saint Paul has a large population of Southeast Asian refugees, and de la O mentored Hmong teens from Vietnam.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge