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In the book, Barbara’s devout Christian parents had disowned her when she married Herb.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Earlier this week, Mr Matar's mother said she had disowned her son after his alleged behaviour.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022

They staged rare protests, and we spoke to some outside a labor camp for Saudi Binladen Group, the construction giant whose owning family had disowned their son, Osama.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2020

Since Ms. Bond and her nominal adversary agreed on the central issue in the case, the court appointed a lawyer, Stephen R. McAllister, to argue for the position the government had disowned.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2011

She had no grandparents to ask—her father’s parents were deceased, and her mother’s had disowned them for reasons Janet didn’t fully understand.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith