uncle
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As a player, Frank Lampard worked under some of the biggest managers in the game, including Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink and Rafael Benitez - not to mention his uncle Harry Redknapp.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Logadarrsiny Raman, 26, from Malaysia, said she lost contact with her parents, aunt and uncle, who were on a pilgrimage.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The most famous is Bryon, who was an All-American tight end at Brigham Young and is Jaxson’s uncle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The following year, her uncle gave her a small Martin guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
‘Your uncle does not want gossip and tittle-tattle over breakfast,’ she said tightly.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
According to Ugen and Choedup, one of his uncles died in combat and another in prison after his capture while fighting for Chushi Gangdruk, an anti-China guerrilla force established with CIA support in 1958.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lamboria began boxing seriously around the age of 14, training first at an academy run by Hawa's son, Sanjay Sheoran, before continuing under her uncles.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Before Marina arrives at her grandparents’ home, though, she must run a gauntlet of uncles, aunts and cousins, their reactions to her existence varying from warm to wary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The two of them together looked like uncles shooting the breeze at a family reunion.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
