brotherhood
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It forms brotherhood through both misery and joy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“He’s done a great job at doing that and it feels like a full brotherhood here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
There’s so much decorum among judges, this infamous brotherhood of the robe, that keeps them from directly criticizing one another.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
Half Man explores the breakdown of their brotherhood and sees Niall struggle to accept his sexuality, while Ruben grapples with a trauma from his past.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Everyone in the Pythagorean brotherhood was already tight-lipped—nobody was allowed even to take written notes—and the incommensurability of the square root of two became the deepest, darkest secret of the Pythagorean order.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The ceremonies see brotherhoods of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and hoods carrying or escorting the magnificent carriages through ancient streets of cities and towns nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The leaders of Senegal’s influential Muslim brotherhoods on Sunday urged protesters to show restraint in the days ahead.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2021
Jia Zhangke takes an empathetic look at criminal brotherhoods in China in his new gangster film Ash Is Purest White.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019
“Through the passage of time allegiances change, alliances change, brotherhoods change,” said Kenneth Mains, a former Pennsylvania detective who now works as a consultant to help solve cold-case crimes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2019
Schools are supposed to be catacombed with secret societies and underground brotherhoods, and as far as they knew here was one which had just come to the surface.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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