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Pompeo plays Natalia’s adoptive mother, Kristine Barnett.
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Paloma González, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2025
Matt had a fling with Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk and popped up in a flashback in Echo to fight Maya Lopez, who shot out the eye of her adoptive uncle (and later failed mentor), Fisk, in Hawkeye.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
And then some, particularly around what 90 years ago became his adoptive hometown of Kansas City.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
The child said their adoptive grandparents forced them to exercise, running up and down a flight of stairs 200 times.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Paloma González, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2025
Matt had a fling with Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk and popped up in a flashback in Echo to fight Maya Lopez, who shot out the eye of her adoptive uncle (and later failed mentor), Fisk, in Hawkeye.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
And then some, particularly around what 90 years ago became his adoptive hometown of Kansas City.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
The child said their adoptive grandparents forced them to exercise, running up and down a flight of stairs 200 times.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Adoptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoptive. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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