aunt
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Schayes recalled that when his mother told an aunt he intended to play professionally, the aunt questioned whether basketball was a suitable career for a “nice Jewish boy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
And there was also additional praise for William's aunt, the Princess Royal Anne, who has supported the MND community for many years.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The aunt, who asked not to be identified, said her sister has been encouraging the girl "to just ask questions and just answering them as they come up."
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Xavier’s aunt, Elizabeth Amaya, said Tuesday that she challenged the finding of suicide because if not for the fight, she said, Xavier would not have fled the classroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Isn’t it, Edda?” my aunt is saying, her hand firmly on my elbow, trying to draw me back into the conversation that I have abandoned.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
If there’s an emergency and a minor’s legal parents are incapacitated or killed, most rules default to direct blood relationships — grandparents, aunts and uncles, and so forth down the line.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“They were kind of like our aunts and uncles. And sometimes being young kids and mischievous and stuff, we were almost like the entertainment for them I think,” she told CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But he had uncles, aunts and cousins who lived in a much fancier part of the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
I left my aunts on a frigid morning without so much as a goodbye.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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