brother
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Mitchell first appeared as Aemond, the son of Viserys and Alicent and the brother of Aegon II, in the eighth episode of Season 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He is best known as a former Labour leader - having beaten his brother David, among others, in the dramatic leadership contest that followed the party's 2010 general election defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
My younger brother is a teacher, so he’s usually in a classroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
That reader’s brother waited until he was 70, and life had other plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“That’s Mrs. van den Keukel. Her brother came back from Indonesia with malaria and she’s been nursing him. Corrie,” as I sped back down the stairs, “ask her how Mrs. Rinker’s baby is!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Television genealogists may point out that Colbert’s branch of the talk show family tree is still represented by his Comedy Central brethren on “The Daily Show,” including Stewart, and John Oliver on “Last Week Tonight.”
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
These days, Greenlanders are shocked by how few words their brethren can speak in their ancestral tongue—and by the poverty of Native Americans in Alaska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
Annabeth went to join her brethren from the Athena cabin, who had set up a command tent and were directing operations.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Andrew Tate posted a photo of the brothers in Washington on July 14.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Tate brothers, who arrived in Florida in 2025 after departing Romania where they face similar charges, have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The lawyer said the arrests happened now to prevent the brothers from having their day in court in an upcoming civil case they filed against a woman they claim defamed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The brothers have been able to travel to the US since travel restrictions against them in Romania were lifted in early 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“He would sleep in a pile with all his brothers and sisters, all cuddled up.”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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