uncle
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Silvana Armani, who worked alongside her uncle for four decades, was greeted with prolonged applause.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
His mother, uncle and grandmother are barely getting by.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
"As an uncle who's seen his sister die in very, very preventable circumstances, that I would veer towards protection."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Najib, the scion of a powerful political family whose father and uncle both served as prime ministers, has always denied the charges against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was nobody’s uncle that anybody knew of, but folks respected him.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
She was raised in a huge extended family — she has 32 aunts and uncles — and remembers a house that was almost constantly full.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Their uncles married them off very young. Do you know why? Because their father and mother were martyred, and their uncles wanted to get rid of the responsibility and expenses," the woman said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Zhu grew up near Hunan province’s capital Changsha and was raised by uncles, since he never knew his father and his mother died before he turned 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make them one jot less agreeable.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
