cousin
Example Sentences
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With him was 35-year-old Hani, a technically minded cousin who spearheaded the effort to understand how the abduction took place, and who gave only his first name to avoid reprisals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Elmore remembers asking that very question of her cousin before his final days.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The Ibex is built on a Ford F-250 Super Duty, the heftier cousin of the popular F-150 pickup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
New York got a cousin somewhere in Mississippi, because a lot of us are from the South anyway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
It’s not like Maggie went looking for a long-lost cousin.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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