flesh and blood

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To its credit, “Kissinger” quotes flesh and blood humans recounting some of the horrors Nixon and Kissinger’s policies visited on other nations, such as Cambodia and Bangladesh.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Dude No. 1 will always be Brady, a sixth-round pick now immortalized outside Gillette Stadium with a behemoth bronze statue that’s probably only a tick slower in the 40 than the flesh and blood original.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Often, it's the first time a medical student works with real flesh and blood - an experience that can't be replicated from a textbook.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

First, the threats to the new evangelization are not of flesh and blood.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024

Like, Okay, you haven’t been the best dad, but here you are now and you’re trying to make it up to me because I’m your flesh and blood and because I love you.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin