padrone

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Recent Examples of padrone Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
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Noun
  • There's Mary and Joseph and an innkeeper, but there's also a whole chorus of angels, a barn of animals, and four babies playing baby Jesus on a rotation.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the last fiscal year, from June 2023 to June 2024, the total revenue was around $381,000, and the innkeeper’s salary was close to $139,000.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Among them: Did Wood continue to fire his weapon after shooting Castellanos, striking one of the bar patrons?
    Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
  • But according to countless home bakers and thousands of patrons of the Barefoot Contessa store in the Hamptons, the search can stop at Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Last week, Saks officials said the decision to close the flagship was due to an inability to come to lease terms with a landlord over a small piece of the property.
    David Moin, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Those investigations can last months or years and lead to financial settlements, compliance monitoring and policy reforms by landlords, mortgage lenders, local zoning officials and homeowners associations.
    Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Padrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padrone. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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