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tribe

[trahyb] / traɪb /


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"People say it's shallow to want people to like you, but in the first humans it was literally a matter of life or death. If you weren't part of the tribe, you died."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The oldest of four brothers and one of more than 30 first cousins—“more tribe than family,” as he puts it—Mr. Coppola was an anomaly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

In many ways, his life has been spent constructing a tribe.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

It takes a tribe to raise a human.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Controlled Thermal Resources attorney Suzanne Varco said that the company reached out to 26 area tribes in 2021 and received no reply.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Bears Ears, which covers 1.35 million acres, was proclaimed in 2016 under then-president Barack Obama on the basis of its cultural sites sacred to Indigenous tribes.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Bears Ears, which covers 1.35 million acres, was proclaimed in 2016 under president Barack Obama on the basis of its cultural sites sacred to Indigenous tribes.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Since colonial times, the American people has been a tribe of tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Like the United States, Brazil had a population of different Indian tribes native to the land.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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