cousin
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Bush and cousin to the 43rd president George W. Bush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Elisha was our beloved daughter, wife, mother, sister, auntie, niece and cousin," they said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In the northeast, where many families warm their homes with heating oil, a close cousin to diesel, residents are now bracing for colder weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I’m trying so hard to find my cousin a suitable/nice senior living place to live.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
“You know my little cousin, Mary? She’s starting at the Mount this fall!”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But jet fuel and diesel are the kissing cousins of the energy world, both coming from the same middle-distillate group at the refining stage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
So we could be cousins, you never know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Those people included cousins, friends and former clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
They were cousins, too, but as different as strawberry and fudge ripple ice cream.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
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