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brother

[bruhth-er, bruhth-ur] / ˈbrʌð ər, ˈbrʌðˈɜr /
NOUN
male sibling
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She remained his PA for 20 years, and her brother told BBC News she avoided the limelight and guarded the pop star's privacy, despite the attention of tabloid journalists hoping for stories.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

For them, Sey was never a brother whose paperwork went wrong.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

While Sununu says he’s not at all trying to fool anyone into thinking he’s Chris, multiple people told me they only realized which brother was running when the primary came around in September.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Why does he reckon he and his brother were willing to jump through the hoops?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Paul, say hello to Lala,” Wes tells his little brother.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Historically, when this gap has been in the top quintile, it’s led to an average 7.5% outperformance over the following year for higher-quality stocks over their lower-quality brethren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

Despite the fact that several hundred of its brethren had just died, it did not back down.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

“John and TJ don’t make corporate country music,” says Ashley McBryde, who’s collaborated repeatedly with the brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Before they moved to Nashville, though, the brothers grew up helping out with their dad’s plumbing business in the late 1990s in the small fishing town of Deale, Md.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Some directly confronted the brothers, who sat at the defense tables in tan jail garb with their ankles shackled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa said the brothers deserved the maximum punishment for their crimes, saying facts "paint a truly devastating picture".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Family members wandered battlefields searching for the remains of fathers, sons, and brothers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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