père
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Nor did I give a fig, or an olive, whether or not the Di Grassos found their long-lost relatives or, in the case of père and grand-père, their equally elusive consciences.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022
George Stevens père also went to war, heading up the motion picture unit of the U.S.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022
But that’s exactly where it gets vexatious for the Kavanaughs père et fils.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2018
His adaptation of the historical novel by Alexandre Dumas père is similarly confrontational, treating the story of Marguerite de Valois, a.k.a.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2014
Our Dobbins and our Jobbins, too, had loved the maid of old, But Bobbins père had snubbed them both for lack of needful gold; Though when the telegram arrived, "Five thousand pounds a-year!"
From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various
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