kindred
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Jobs and Mr. Johnson were kindred spirits when it came to strategy, but temperamentally they were a mismatched pair—California tech and Midwestern retail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
For Lauer, the changes affected his delivery, but the specifics were not as important as finding a kindred spirit in Connor McGuiness, the Dodgers’ assistant pitching coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
He also raved about chicken fried steak, posting on X: “Every Scottish person in America needs to immediately try Chicken Fried Steak, and you’ll realise we and the Americans are kindred spirits.”
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
After buying a copy of Allan Taylor's 1978 LP The Traveller, Ed Sheeran may have spotted something of a kindred spirit in his fellow singer-songwriter.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Tialys was scanning the skies all around, searching for his kindred and calling out whenever he saw a needle-bright darting movement through the air above.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Come with me as I follow this host of real-deal Dallas kindreds.
From Southern Living ● Sep. 16, 2010
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never again shall there be any such league of Elves and Men; for Men multiply and the Firstborn decrease, and the two kindreds are estranged.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
O people! manners form’d to please All nations, customs, kindreds, languages!
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
The solidarity of moral interests that is realized there, embraces all the kindreds of the earth.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
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