brother
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“It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,” the Carradine family said in a statement following the actor’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
This week, his younger brother upstaged him: He bought the Lakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
With the trail name “Fairhope,” my brother Laurence became the first in our family to complete the Appalachian Trail in 1992, followed by my parents, known as “Annie and the Salesman,” in 1994.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
That meant cancelling a trip last spring to Texas to watch the SpaceX Starship launch with his brother.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The pile rustled and birthed another rat, smaller but with the same snowy fur and red eyes as her brother.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
As they grew, these companies became far larger than the rest of their small and midsize brethren, so their continued gains gave an outsize boost to the indexes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Television genealogists may point out that Colbert’s branch of the talk show family tree is still represented by his Comedy Central brethren on “The Daily Show,” including Stewart, and John Oliver on “Last Week Tonight.”
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
Although many crashed or collided with robot brethren, Lightning avoided a serious mishap and crossed the finish line in 50 minutes, 26 seconds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
Just like the North Star and all its whirling, starry brethren, a person’s idea of where “home” is remains in perpetual motion, one’s whole life long.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Still, their family situation was tough because that government job had to support many relatives, in addition to Mehta and his three older brothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Accompanying him was his wife, who held out hope for two missing brothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
And Hal knows how to play to his audience – especially kids like John and his brothers.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
After laying their family members to rest, the brothers went to live with their father in a modest, work-class neighbourhood of low-rise houses in the north-eastern outskirts of Cali, Colombia.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Don’t you have to look after your brothers and sisters?”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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