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For his part, Palumbo initially offers to take a fatherly interest in his now middle-aged godson, written at the behest of the investigators but with Palumbo’s own floridly literary touch.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Along with a series of photographs of the newlyweds with members of the Aguilar-Nodal family, the patriarch wrote an emotional message and fatherly advice.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 July 2024
Mao Zedong, portrayed as a fatherly warrior-saint, deploys legions of strapping peasant boys to repel sinister hordes of capitalist warlords from the Chinese periphery.
—Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
Follow Election 2024 His cousin, 58-year-old Cindy Villella, had admired those fatherly qualities.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Along with a series of photographs of the newlyweds with members of the Aguilar-Nodal family, the patriarch wrote an emotional message and fatherly advice.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 July 2024
Mao Zedong, portrayed as a fatherly warrior-saint, deploys legions of strapping peasant boys to repel sinister hordes of capitalist warlords from the Chinese periphery.
—Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
Follow Election 2024 His cousin, 58-year-old Cindy Villella, had admired those fatherly qualities.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Which then draws parallels to the motherly figures in his life.Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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Margaret is there in her warm and cozy motherly role.Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Aside from the literal brotherly bond between the brothers Cave, the band that had started together in a small town in northern Queensland, relocated to Los Angeles to follow a dream, and made that dream a reality, found strength as a unit.Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli do brotherly battle in An Enemy of the People While the production is truly a visual feast, there are a few moments where Romeo + Juliet stumbles, the biggest one being that there are several scenes where having the same actor play two roles feels jarring.EW.com, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Opening on the day of Anne Boleyn’s execution, The Private Life of Henry VIII gives most of its wifely screen time to Elsa Lanchester’s Anne of Cleves, who becomes a wise sisterly figure post-divorce despite starting as something of a German caricature.Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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Elena Rose and Lele Pons give each other a sisterly hug.Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
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These channels, which come from all over the world, are like that, but without the sentimental backstories.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sentimental montage began with a clip of Jenn, 26, crying while confronting her ex-fiancé Devin Strader at the After the Final Rose ceremony.Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Fatherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherly. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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