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Recent Examples of padre
The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.
—
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other 20-game losers in that span: Brian Kingman, 1980 A’s: 20
Phil Niekro, 1979 Braves: 20
Jerry Koosman, 1977 Mets: 20
Phil Niekro, 1977 Braves: 20
Wilbur Wood, 1975 White Sox: 20
Bill Bonham, 1974 Cubs: 22
Randy Jones, 1974 Padres:
—Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
Game 84: Indians (44-39) vs. Padres (38-44) First pitch: 7:10 p.m.
—Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 6 July 2017
KEY WEST: Padres (1969); Sun Caps (1971), Conchs (1952, 1972-74), Cubs (1975).
—George Richards, miamiherald, 5 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second 5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 27 June 2017
Injuries: Padres: LHP Robbie Erlin (left elbow), LHP Colin Rea (left elbow), LHP Buddy Baumann (left shoulder), LHP Christian Friedrich (left elbow), RHP Jered Weaver (left hip) and INF Yangervis Solarte (left oblique).
—cleveland.com, 4 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 27 June 2017
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other 20-game losers in that span: Brian Kingman, 1980 A’s: 20
Phil Niekro, 1979 Braves: 20
Jerry Koosman, 1977 Mets: 20
Phil Niekro, 1977 Braves: 20
Wilbur Wood, 1975 White Sox: 20
Bill Bonham, 1974 Cubs: 22
Randy Jones, 1974 Padres:
—Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
Game 84: Indians (44-39) vs. Padres (38-44) First pitch: 7:10 p.m.
—Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 6 July 2017
KEY WEST: Padres (1969); Sun Caps (1971), Conchs (1952, 1972-74), Cubs (1975).
—George Richards, miamiherald, 5 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second 5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 27 June 2017
Injuries: Padres: LHP Robbie Erlin (left elbow), LHP Colin Rea (left elbow), LHP Buddy Baumann (left shoulder), LHP Christian Friedrich (left elbow), RHP Jered Weaver (left hip) and INF Yangervis Solarte (left oblique).
—cleveland.com, 4 July 2017
Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, 29.6 feet per second
5.
—Rustin Dodd
and Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com, 27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padre
Noun
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Again, Two Spears deduces the facts — that the priest must have killed the girl’s father before the girl killed the priest in self-defense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.—
Brett Martel,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Pentecostalism was about two decades old at the time, and its early practices of interracial worship, speaking in tongues, and divine healing were subjects of lively conversation among the relatively staid and respectable churchmen of mainline Protestantism.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Preserving community gems Michael Major is a reverend at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia.—
Buffy Gorrilla,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most of the cards feature gothic-style fonts, limited colors like black and red, and some were even sent by reverends or churches.—
Paul du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The preacher and producer has been dating his soon-to-be wife for a year.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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Castillo is ecstatic to be marrying the preacher and was taken aback by the proposal.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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An obscure Iranian cleric named Ruhollah Khomeini arrived in the quiet suburb of Neauphle-le-Château in exile, and none of the senior correspondents wanted to make the trek.—
Stephen Heyman,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded outside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing cleric Mufti Shakir, local police said.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It is understood that father and son didn’t meet before Charles and Camilla headed to Italy.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 1913, his father acquired the famed Indore Pear diamonds from Chaumet, marking the beginning of a long-standing relationship with the historic Parisian Maison, Christie’s said.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Padre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padre. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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