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brother

[bruhth-er, bruhth-ur] / ˈbrʌð ər, ˈbrʌðˈɜr /
NOUN
male sibling
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If your brother is also on a solid financial footing, you may feel more generous about giving up part of your inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

In a Wall Street Journal interview earlier this year, Omar said she was never married to her brother and never committed immigration fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Demi Pearson, 15, her brother Brandon, eight, and sisters Lacie, seven, Lia, three, died at their Walkden home in December 2017.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The brother of schoolboy Damilola Taylor, killed in an attack in Peckham 26 years ago, has said work to tackle knife crime is "needed now more than ever".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In February of 1854, as funds dwindled, Cornelius Grinnell asked Elisha’s brother, Robert Patterson Kane, for help.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Resident birds show more smarts than migratory ones, and city birds are sharper than their country brethren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

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

The U.S. players have made it abundantly clear that they respect their Canadian brethren.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 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

I expect her to explain why she chose to take that dagger for me, but she just limps away, her brethren supporting her.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

The company was founded in 2023 by three Israeli engineers, brothers Dean and Orian Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Since then, the university has investigated the “Cornell Seven”—the seven frat brothers directly involved—and imposed discipline ranging from expulsion to compulsory essay writing.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

“I deeply wanted to gut it out for one more year; to take the field with my brothers for one last season,” Johnson said in a statement posted Tuesday on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Judge Peter Hampton, who did not oversee the bail condition applications at earlier hearings, but sentenced all three brothers in June, described Amar Ilyas as having "taken the coward's route and fled".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

When we studied the Old West, everybody had to do a special report on A Cowboy’s Life or Famous Indian Chiefs or Notorious Outlaw Families like the James brothers.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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