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Recent Examples of son As the truck came closer, Richards jumped in front of her son and yelled for the driver to stop before taking the brunt of the deadly impact, Rayquan told friends and relatives. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024 During a post-screening discussion in Los Angeles, executive producer Rodrigo García, the author’s son, shared that his father had been against adapting his book into a film during his lifetime​, believing the story could not be condensed into a two or even four-hour movie. Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Brittany Berry knows her actions and words have a profound impact on her daughter and two sons. John Johnston, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2024 In Jagdish Patel’s frozen arms was the body of his 3-year-old son, Dharmik, wrapped in a blanket. Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for son 
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Noun
  • More than 20 years later, the woman’s daughter makes a similar journey but emerges with very different results.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the prosecutor declining to pursue the case any further, one former detective, Steve Thomas, wrote a book in 2000, JonBenét: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation, alleging that Patsy accidentally killed her daughter in a fit of rage over a bedwetting incident.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • According to Los Angeles Daily News, Brunner was legally removed from a list of potential heirs for Manson's estate in 2018 because he was adopted.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The Bene Gesserit are no doubt banking on that future heir to be favorably malleable.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The lifelong Arizonan already knew the grief of losing a child.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Andrew Kammerer, 33, made his first appearance Friday in Clermont County Common Pleas Court and pleaded not guilty to counts of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and endangering children.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The appointment of Easterly’s successor will be a critical decision for the Trump administration.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The meeting between the outgoing president and his successor is an awkward post-election ritual that could be even more disconcerting than usual because of the animosity between the two men.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Diamond Pack currently consists of a single male-female pair that officials expect to mate and produce offspring soon.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Because Willa never had offspring during her lifetime, her clones represent a valuable source of genetic diversity for the remaining population.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/son. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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