patriarch
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But the patriarch of the Chicago Bears, George Halas, identified Arlington Heights, Ill., as his preferred destination for a stadium in 1975.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“Instead of using the fields,” McGahern writes, the aging patriarch “sometimes felt as if the fields had used him.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
“Father Knows Best” aired from 1954 to 1960 — bouncing between networks CBS and NBC — and starred Robert Young as the patriarch of the middle-class Anderson family.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Piya 'Chang' Pitutecha, the current patriarch, is the elected head of the Provincial Administration Organisation, a hugely influential position as the PAO manages most government spending in Rayong.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Adam saw a big man, bearded like a patriarch, his graying hair stirring in the air like thistledown.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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