kindred
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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
After buying a copy of Allan Taylor's 1978 LP The Traveller, Ed Sheeran may have spotted something of a kindred spirit in his fellow singer-songwriter.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
All the same, it’s no news that these two artists are of a kindred spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
In him Sullivan saw a kindred capacity for obsession.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
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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
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This outburst perhaps relieved his feelings a little; for apparently the red squirrel needs to give his emotions vent more than any other member of the wild kindreds.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
It was a "killer" whale, or grampus, the most redoubtable and implacable fighter of all the kindreds of the sea.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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Romeo and Juliet
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