nephew
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“I wish my nephew the best,” Jefferson said of Jaden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In addition to those by Luca, this exhibition includes examples by Luca’s nephew Andrea, as well as by his great-nephew and Andrea’s son Giovanni.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Another parent, Asadullah, said he lost a son, nephew, and three other close relatives in the tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The fight with her nephew shows why that matters.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“This is my nephew, Derrick,” he told me.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Her brother claimed she had started to draw up a will shortly before she died, which would have left the items to her nieces and nephews, but it was not registered.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Eisenkot’s youngest son, Gal, was killed in Gaza during the war, as were two of his nephews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
But the house where he lived with his siblings and nephews was reduced to pieces by the quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In a series of interviews, Lawson explained that in 1918 he began working as a ranch hand for Bill Smith, and that he grew to know Hale and his nephews Ernest and Bryan Burkhart.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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