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
Americans don’t like inflation of any ilk, but it is back in the 2% to 3% range, and that has been just fine.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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
“Stannis is Robert’s brother, of that same ilk that brought down House Targaryen,” Jon Connington reminded him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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