kindred
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It made me laugh so hard, I knew from that point on that he was a kindred spirit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He also raved about chicken fried steak, posting on X: “Every Scottish person in America needs to immediately try Chicken Fried Steak, and you’ll realise we and the Americans are kindred spirits.”
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
"We just joined forces and we have never looked back since, and it was great to have a kindred spirit on this journey," Bannister said.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
But he put those problems in the larger context of America’s friendship with Britain—“kindred countries of kindred principles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Her story was so full of superstition, I felt right away that we were kindred spirits.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Come with me as I follow this host of real-deal Dallas kindreds.
From Southern Living ● Sep. 16, 2010
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never again shall there be any such league of Elves and Men; for Men multiply and the Firstborn decrease, and the two kindreds are estranged.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The thing that most strengthens their courage is the fact that their troops are not made up of bodies of men chosen by mere chance, but are arranged by families and kindreds.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
On the whole, the evidence which we have adduced tends to establish some links between the ancient γένος and gens, and the totem kindreds of savages.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
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Romeo and Juliet
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