cousin
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"My grandmother and my auntie used to tell me that he's a cousin of the family. Cause you know, it's a very small island, Corsica."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Ma Moe San Pan's cousin worked at the local ward administration office, and she asked him to bring her husband back.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Lowe is the brother of “St. Elmo’s Fire” actor Rob Lowe, whose youngest son paid tribute to his late cousin after her death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
FlyDubai is the discount cousin to the United Arab Emirates’ prestige long-haul airline, Emirates, whose brand adorns stadiums and the jerseys of European soccer teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Did you really write that song for my cousin Hannah?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Many Mexican Americans, including my cousins and me, consider family members raised in Mexico to be immigrants, even if they were born in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Maya Low was introduced to ice hockey by her Canadian cousins before she picked up a stick herself at the age of 15.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But jet fuel and diesel are the kissing cousins of the energy world, both coming from the same middle-distillate group at the refining stage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
My aunts and uncles and cousins were congratulating me on the drawings I made for the sides of the obelisk.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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