brother
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If Daily Brief is the no-nonsense helper, Dreambeans is its slightly deranged hippie brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But once his older brother turned professional and the family recognised Itauma's exceptional natural talent, their stance softened.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Retired local mechanic Brahim Gashi, whose brother died from throat cancer, said locals didn't need statistics to know what they were breathing in was hazardous.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
In this two-part episode that concludes the series’ sixth season, Curry plays Marion, the strange brother of John Cleese’s Lyle Finster, about to marry Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I think of my sister, Mary, and my brother Francey.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
He remembered what it was like to see rows of empty seats, and he didn’t want to do that to his brethren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
After bidding a hearty olé to my literary brethren, I reach Café Gijón, outside the bounds of Las Letras, but not its spirit.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 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
Aragorn and his knights, and the people of Lórien and of Rivendell, made ready to ride; but Faramir and Imrahil remained at Edoras; and Arwen Evenstar remained also, and she said farewell to her brethren.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Jersey brothers and shepherds Josh and Ben Voak, who work with the project, said it had saved them hours of manual labour and opened up new areas for flocks to graze.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She was raised in White Plains, N.Y., with two brothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
When talking about the Gerhardt brothers, Hudson, a quarterback, and Bailen, a receiver, first-year Village Christian coach Rand Holdren says there’s never a boring moment when the two are together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It marks a notable pivot for the brothers, who for years were focused on their father’s turf of real estate, golf and branding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Burr brothers recommended believing experts like themselves, as “it is not a very safe business to trust to what men call their senses.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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