bloodline
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The “Game of Thrones” prequel boasts many dragons, most of them bound to the Targaryen royal bloodline.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The union would potentially create a new caliphal bloodline relocated in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Although Ju Ae is of the bloodline, North Korea's patriarchal system would not see her as being of the bloodline, Ryu says.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their "Paektu bloodline" dominates daily life in the isolated country.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Then Ma Charles said, “My line has daughters. The names add on, but we keep the bloodline going.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"You're losing bloodlines as well. So it's all got an impact. It has to be thought about."
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
That image is a family portrait, albeit one crisscrossed with cruelty and deception, including fraudulent bloodlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I delivered a speech arguing that the U.S. is a nation defined above all by ideals, not shared bloodlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
“When it was introduced, every breeder jumped on it for its bloodlines because of its fragrance and foliage,” Carruth said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
Atlanta—the Imperial City of the KKK’s Invisible Empire, in Klan jargon—was also home to Stetson Kennedy, a thirty- year-old man with the bloodlines of a Klansman but a temperament that ran opposite.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
