brotherhood
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Fraternities value scholarship, gentlemanly conduct and loyal brotherhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Branches were draped with colourful ribbons and ritual wreaths, while bonfires blazed high, ready for the military brotherhood to gather around them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
In a joint statement released on 7 August, Lima and Mexico City said "historic ties of brotherhood, friendship and cooperation" prompted the reconciliation.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
We have like a brotherhood and a friendship in real life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Those few black souls lucky enough to get work from Swift and the other meatpackers were good union men, treated as members of the butcher brotherhood.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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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
Gulen and his followers have advocated a conservative Islamic lifestyle mixed with Turkish nationalism, high education standards and — unlike many Muslim brotherhoods — a selectively pro-Western worldview.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2017
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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