mother superior
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Bryant, one of the first to challenge that imbalance, became a mother superior to any number of young artists, including Hammons.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
The nuns feed about 2,500 migrants once a day – rice, beans, eggs and bread – thought donations are scarce and local traders often try to gouge prices, said Sister Bertha López, the mother superior.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2019
The mother superior is slowly learning how to work a smartphone.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2018
It took place in a Catholic girls boarding school; Hayley Mills played a firebrand troublemaker, and Rosalind Russell was the mother superior.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017
“The mother superior would never believe me. It’s a nest of lapsed bats here. But I wanted you to know the truth.”
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
