nephew
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She agreed to let her son live with her nephew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The first would be to buy a bigger headstone for his family gravesite, where his parents, four siblings and a nephew are buried in a single plot in the Green Street Cemetery.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
An uncle and his nephew had a harrowing experience Monday afternoon when the engine on their two-seat plane died, forcing them to make an emergency landing on Huntington State Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Unfortunately, it won't bring them back," said Possetti, whose sister, nephew, niece, and brother-in-law died when pillar 9 of the bridge collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
They didn’t even pause to pick up their baby nephew.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Among them were Kerr's grandparents and nephews, his first ever coach, and his training partners from when he was 11 or 12.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
He describes his modern family tree as a sprawling “tribe,” counting 16 nephews and 42 great-nephews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The uncle smiled as he let his nephews out of the cage.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
Vocabulary lists containing nephew
It's All in the Family
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Unit 20, Lessons 1–2
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