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[klan] / klæn /


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The Weston family, worth billions, is a Canadian-British food-business clan that traces its roots to a bakery business founded in Toronto in 1882.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

While King Oyo inherited the crown from his father, Mwanguhya told the BBC "the crown has moved to a different line within the ruling clan".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Very little of this was understood 30 years ago, explains Robert Kolker in “The Vanishing Family,” his sensitive saga of one affected clan whose members began falling ill in the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Creon, representing the claims of the polis over the clan, cannot be dismissed outright.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

We lived in this house for three years until our growing clan became too big.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Palestinians in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah voted on lists of candidates that were seen as associated with various clans and political groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The Ming family was one of several clans that ran Myanmar's sleepy town of Laukkaing, close to the border with China.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

The determination, released Wednesday, is not the final say but signals a possibility that several clans of the iconic cougars will be listed under the California Endangered Species Act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Israeli security officials also said he succumbed to wounds suffered during internal fighting among clans in Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

“You understand that Miss Nita belongs to one of the most powerful trading clans in the North?”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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