brotherhood
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“And we’re a brotherhood, a family, and the ball gets spread out. Even if one guy is doing really well, I know every one of them will be ready when it’s their time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
There’s so much decorum among judges, this infamous brotherhood of the robe, that keeps them from directly criticizing one another.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
“The fire service is just so enmeshed. It is such a brotherhood, and there isn’t that scrutiny on it,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Fez, for example, is a favourite destination for many Senegalese Muslim followers of Tidianism, an influential brotherhood in Senegal whose founder, Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane, is buried there.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
And I knew that my reacting as I did presented no conflict with the convictions of brotherhood which I had gained in the Holy Land.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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The ceremonies see brotherhoods of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and hoods carrying or escorting the magnificent carriages through ancient streets of cities and towns nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The leaders of Senegal’s influential Muslim brotherhoods on Sunday urged protesters to show restraint in the days ahead.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2021
Jia Zhangke takes an empathetic look at criminal brotherhoods in China in his new gangster film Ash Is Purest White.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019
Gulen and his followers have advocated a conservative Islamic lifestyle mixed with Turkish nationalism, high education standards and — unlike many Muslim brotherhoods — a selectively pro-Western worldview.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2017
He spake of the cults of the forest demons, whose wails could be heard in the bush when the brotherhoods met in convocation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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