brother
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"A family couldn't make a living from this anymore... Everyone has a full-time job. I'm a teacher, my brother is a firefighter," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Our main concern is his arrival won't be safe," she told AFP from Malaysia, requesting anonymity for security reasons after losing contact with her brother before the vessels set sail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“There are other folks out there that understand the business but they are challenged by scale,” said Stephen Sorbaro, who took over the company with his brother David from their parents in 1985.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
His brother Gurpreet Singh Johal - who has lobbied successive governments calling for his release - said the decision to grant bail had been a "really important milestone".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
‘Your clan are friendly with the Red Deer, aren’t they? Your brother said he learnt Magecraft with them.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
After bidding a hearty olé to my literary brethren, I reach Café Gijón, outside the bounds of Las Letras, but not its spirit.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 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
Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
I expect her to explain why she chose to take that dagger for me, but she just limps away, her brethren supporting her.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
The singer said much of Twelve Stops and Home was made at the Sussex home of brothers and bandmates Kevin and Ciaran Jeremiah.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Savings from a more efficient supply chain enabled Mavis to undercut rivals on price, the brothers found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Sometimes, there was friction as the brothers rolled out new concepts to veterans set in their ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Both brothers admitted they failed to report income from the tee-time business, though the agreements do not fully quantify that income.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Pop and Mama and my brothers and sisters and me all grabbed brooms and shovels and took to the fields and started swinging, vowing to beat ’em off if we had to.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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