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“He’s always been a fighter against federal regulatory overreach, and it’s clear for obvious reasons that he has an affinity for oil and gas, given its dominance in Texas,” Longanecker said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Underscoring their dual affinity: Two Mexican Americans played for the U.S. national team — one from Ciudad Juárez and another from El Paso — and two more played for the Mexican team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

But affinity with his home country meant there was little chance of that happening, even if it meant the chances of winning something at international level - or even regularly reaching tournaments - were slim.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Mr. O’Connor’s Daniel has a strange affinity with otherworldly contact and a facility for outsmarting the smartest people in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

It was a night of confirmation when he felt an almost mystical affinity with every man who had ever borne the motto of semper fidelis.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Sitting nearby and absorbed in a book is James Schuyler, a poet of the New York School with whom Porter shared intellectual and romantic affinities, and who lived with the Porters for an extended period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But the non-college-educated voters who have traditionally been his bedrock supporters are facing so much financial strain these days that his cultural affinities, even when they’re somewhat authentic, just don’t cut it.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

Kurds, while mostly Sunni, share cultural and linguistic affinities with Persians and have historically had less friction with the Iranian state than with fellow Kurds in Iraq and Turkey.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

Harris, who is the author of “Slave Play,” has other elective affinities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

The origins of their language are among the most disputed questions of linguistics: for not a single other one of the world’s major languages are the affinities to other languages still in doubt.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond