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brother

[bruhth-er, bruhth-ur] / ˈbrʌð ər, ˈbrʌðˈɜr /
NOUN
male sibling
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Tamimi's brother, Khaled Shawer al-Tamimi, 68, was staying with his son after the evacuation order.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Paytas married Hila’s brother, Moses Hacmon, in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

She portrays both Erika’s brisk efficiency in managing her father’s affairs and, in a lower emotional register, her deep sadness about her brother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

From the day they were born, just seven weeks ago, twins Raghad Hassan and her brother Raad have been battling for survival.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“My little brother likes to do tricks,” I explained to Peter.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

Even with recent gains, value stocks remain incredibly cheap compared with their growth brethren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

The U.S. players have made it abundantly clear that they respect their Canadian brethren.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Craig would remember our visit there as heavenly, namely because he played ball all day long in the wide-open lots under a blue sky with Donny Stewart and his new pack of suburban brethren.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The BBC also contacted Arif Patel via his Manchester-based solicitor - as well as his brothers Munaf and Faisal - but did not hear back.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Coen brothers have hired him four times; Spike Lee, nine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mirimar was founded by Australian brothers John McKelvey and Luke McKelvey in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"It's a great sense of comfort, to particularly my mother and to myself and my two brothers, because the state is officially owning up to the errors and the missions that happened," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Yes, sisters and brothers, the old schoolhouse, the first schoolhouse – the log schoolhouse, with its stick chimbley daubed with clay.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck


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