uncle
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Somehow, he’d already heard that he was the chief suspect, but he adamantly denied involvement in the crime against his aunt and uncle.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Logan Miller, 32, lost his uncle during the attacks, and his grandfather to 9/11-related illness in the aftermath.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
In Sophocles, Antigone, Oedipus’ headstrong daughter, defies the edict issued by her uncle Creon, the newly deputized king, declaring that her slain brother Polynices is an enemy of the state and therefore ineligible for burial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 2022, Charles Stilwell began chatting with a user on Facebook Messenger who went by the name Amity Zhang and told him about a supposed crypto investment pool run by her uncle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
I thought my uncle meant the animal and was making fun at first.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Photos of sons, daughters, uncles and husbands pepper Chinese social media, shared by people hoping for news about relatives missing since deadly floods on the border with Nepal last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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
The accomplishments of the fathers or uncles of those draftees loom large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
But it would have been better if she put her head down and helped the cook prepare the private meals for her uncles.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
