bloodline
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Under the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, they must do so without regard to bloodline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Chosen Ones Espenson cites are part of a destiny ordained either by their bloodline or some greater lineage.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Sandford—to firmly establish that birthplace, rather than bloodline or race, dictated U.S. citizenship.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Kim Jong Un became heir in his 20s despite having no achievements, solely because of the Paektu bloodline," Ryu Hyun-woo, an exiled North Korea diplomat, wrote in his book, Kim Jong Un's Secret Vault.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Without their strengthening the bloodline, Faerie would die out, despite the endless span of their lives.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Public office can’t be conditioned on bloodlines, whether they trace to Plymouth Rock or to those who were here before the Pilgrims arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"You're losing bloodlines as well. So it's all got an impact. It has to be thought about."
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
If you dare to ask, sorry, their recipes for pizza dough and tomato sauce are secret, only passed down along the founders’ bloodlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Whether Baffert has another Derby winner in Plutarch won’t be known for 12 weeks, but the colt certainly has the bloodlines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Mrs. Tanaka had no appreciation for bloodlines or former lives—the kind that stretched back generations, the ones that no one knew about.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
