kindred
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Some were men who, like him, were misunderstood or misread, and Mr. Fukuyama writes of them as kindred spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Unlike Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, or Hope and Crosby, who relied on tightly scripted setups, this disparate yet kindred duo captured America’s heart by being viscerally, uproariously and unpredictably wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 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
"We just joined forces and we have never looked back since, and it was great to have a kindred spirit on this journey," Bannister said.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The female Cyclopes barked an order to her kindred, and three of them followed her up the hill.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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
For even among the wild kindreds the prize is not always to him of nimble wit.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Sometimes, less dimly, I could see the bowed heads of myriads of worshippers, "a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues."
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Vocabulary lists containing kindred
Romeo and Juliet
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The Call of the Wild
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Things Fall Apart
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