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[suhn] / sʌn /


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His parents raised their kids — three sisters and Foreman, the only son — in the church.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Knowing what it was about did prompt a chat with our son about the manosphere and those sort of toxic influencers it references," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Your mother-in-law knows her son better than anyone, I assume, and giving this money to him absolves her of two things.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Eisenkot, a former chief of Israel’s military, is a gruff political neophyte who lost a son in the Gaza war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

She knew about frostbite: the Boar Clan Leader’s son, Aki, had lost three toes to it last winter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Andrus’ parents, David and Martha, who is 72 years old, now live about 2 miles away after moving from Boulder, Colo., in May to be closer to both their sons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

A woman has died after attempting to rescue her two sons when they were swept away while snorkelling in the Bahamas.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Hila and Ethan share three sons ages 7, 4 and 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It makes about as much sense as Tommy, a human, realizing he is somehow one of Vision’s sons due to a confluence of magic and circumstance.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Buzz pulled his sons to huddle at the base of a downed yellow fir that was six feet across.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone


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