kinsman
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De la Espriella’s ideological kinsman, Argentine President Javier Milei, is pushing for more oil output, focusing on his country’s massive Vaca Muerta shale deposit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
But you here, whom nature made the wisest of all people, should drop your anger and make everyone who fights alongside us at sea a kinsman, a citizen.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
But the boy survived, recovered from his wounds, and with a small company headed for Russia, traveled up the Neva River to Lake Ladoga and then on to Kiev, where his kinsman Prince Yaroslav ruled.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
Egil said: ”Tis but my bounden duty, lady, for the sake of Arinbjorn thy kinsman that I go, if Fridgeir thinks this any help to him.’
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
And in his arms before him on his horse he bore the body of his kinsman, Faramir son of Denethor, found upon the stricken field.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They then decided to make distinctive marks on their cheeks, "akin to the ones their animals had, which would help them in identifying their kinsmen during battles", Mr Makkuwana says.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
After the women had said goodbye, his kinsmen carried out Hussein’s body and placed it in a van.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
She inquired about Arinbjorn, her brother, and other of her kinsmen and friends who had gone to England with Arinbjorn.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
He said the Fulani community has lost more than 500 kinsmen since 2012 and more than 20,000 cows to rustlers.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
They spent an hour looking at it and then asking me questions about my village and kinsmen.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
Vocabulary lists containing kinsman
Twelfth Night
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The Merchant of Venice
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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