brotherhood
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It isn’t until the closing lines of his verse that Eminem turns to God and the brotherhood of man.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Built from heavy music of complexity and deep emotion, “Marrow Deep” is in part a document of the band in conflict and mourning for the man they’d spent two decades within a close creative brotherhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The code of silence baked into the Greek life brotherhood was broken after his dramatic arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Branches were draped with colourful ribbons and ritual wreaths, while bonfires blazed high, ready for the military brotherhood to gather around them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Not unless he’s ever been a sworn member of a pirate’s crew. Both recipes are secrets of the pirates’ brotherhood.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The ceremonies see brotherhoods of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and hoods carrying or escorting the magnificent carriages through ancient streets of cities and towns nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The leaders of Senegal’s influential Muslim brotherhoods on Sunday urged protesters to show restraint in the days ahead.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2021
Jia Zhangke takes an empathetic look at criminal brotherhoods in China in his new gangster film Ash Is Purest White.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019
Gulen and his followers have advocated a conservative Islamic lifestyle mixed with Turkish nationalism, high education standards and — unlike many Muslim brotherhoods — a selectively pro-Western worldview.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2017
“There are many good men in the brotherhoods who earn their money as we do and who don’t deal with those things. It’s only a small number who are criminals.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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Words from the 4th of July Songbook
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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