clans
Example Sentences
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Each family picks a co-director to lead the enterprise, an arrangement that has generally maintained harmony between the clans for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
This is when elders from the clans of those involved in a dispute intervene with the aim of avoiding revenge and further violence, rather than establish criminal guilt.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
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
Other armed actors include members of long-established Gaza families and Bedouin clans, some with ties to Sinai.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
They traveled and camped by families and groups of families, perhaps even clans: men, women, boys, girls, and small children too.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
