ilk
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To them, “House of David” and its ilk may not be the greatest stories ever told, but they can be as gripping as most legends.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was in the ilk of the reformists.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
They’ve been making him bundles but represent an ilk with which he can no longer be associated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
We were discussing this issue cordially among the three of us, when either Walter or I used a phrase like “Men such as ourselves,” or something of that ilk.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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