brother
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Phil Bond, 68, lost his mother, Eunice, 91, in May and inherited her house in Cardiff, alongside his brother.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Located in Bratenahl, Ohio, the property sits just a few miles from Cleveland Heights, where Kelce grew up alongside his older brother, Jason Kelce.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
He had named as co-executors of his estate Jane and her brother, Allan, plus charged Jane with appointing a third.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Her brother was sneering, as he always did.
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
As they grew, these companies became far larger than the rest of their small and midsize brethren, so their continued gains gave an outsize boost to the indexes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
Aragorn and his knights, and the people of Lórien and of Rivendell, made ready to ride; but Faramir and Imrahil remained at Edoras; and Arwen Evenstar remained also, and she said farewell to her brethren.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Judge Jose Dias Toffoli was removed from Banco Master proceedings when it emerged that Vorcaro's brother-in-law had purchased part of a resort in 2021 from the judge's brothers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
The pledges had to name all of their fraternity brothers; most faltered quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
This was Sandbag Saturday, a free training session founded by brothers Dante and Joey Finiguerra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shah told parliament on Wednesday the disaster "snatched away mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers from us in an instant".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Back in the house her sister and two brothers were still sleeping on their bed quilts.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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