nephew
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Dolly Parton’s estate is alleging that Bryan Seaver, the country icon’s nephew and former head of security, used a “no trespassing” sign and barbed wire to avoid being served legal documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Hakim Akram, who works in the shop and is the nephew of the shop owner, says the crash felt "unreal"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Indiana Affleck, son of Casey and nephew of Ben, stars in the new film “Company,” directed by his dad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Then it stops being a “proxy war” about your nephew and starts being about you two getting on the same page, he adds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Mr. Mosley’s nephew is still here?” his mama whispered, eyeing the lump on the bed as she sat down cross-legged on the floor next to Michael.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Parton didn’t have children, and her husband died in 2025, but she had 11 siblings and multitudes of nieces and nephews.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"They drove my nephews away from their vegetables and citrus trees, telling them 'you have no place here, don't come back'".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the house where he lived with his siblings and nephews was reduced to pieces by the quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“They’re great little kids,” Wilson said of his nephews in an interview with Conan O’Brien in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“So, you see,” he said, “I am Mordred’s father. Gawaine and the others are nephews, but he is my full son.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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It's All in the Family
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