parents

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For Fatima, a practicing Muslim who adores her parents, the stakes feel even higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

"I love the monarchy because my parents divorced when I was very young. Rama IX was like a father figure to me," she said, referring to the former king.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Miten Patel remembers the day hospital staff in Ahmedabad drew two vials of his blood to help identify his parents.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But young customers are rare—“1 out of 100,” he says—and they are usually seeking less a timepiece than an old-timey tchotchke, “something their parents or grandparents had.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

And she started with the truth: “My birth father was Native. I have family beyond the parents who failed me. You have family beyond me and the ways I failed you.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith