aunt
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The aunt of a University of Cambridge scientist killed in the Spanish rail disaster has paid an emotional tribute, describing her niece as "a light for all of us".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The institute said Dr Shahbazi's aunt worked at their centre.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
She recalled that her grandmother protested as a dentistry student in 1968 and her aunt, an architecture student, took part in demonstrations in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
‘I have no children’: My aunt gave me $50,000 for a down payment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Almost every night after dinner, she puts her phone on speaker and talks to either my aunt or Grandma while she washes the dishes.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Two of his aunts sweetly send him cash for his piggy bank when he loses a tooth or for Halloween.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
She was raised in a huge extended family — she has 32 aunts and uncles — and remembers a house that was almost constantly full.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Their small apartment filled quickly with my father’s siblings—my aunts and uncles—and their children, my cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
There is no social contract requiring aunts and uncles to divide their estates equally among their nieces and nephews, but unequal inheritances can still pack an unintentional emotional punch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Several of my aunts sang in church choirs.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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