clans

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The Ming family was one of several clans that ran Myanmar's sleepy town of Laukkaing, close to the border with China.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The determination, released Wednesday, is not the final say but signals a possibility that several clans of the iconic cougars will be listed under the California Endangered Species Act.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Israeli security officials also said he succumbed to wounds suffered during internal fighting among clans in Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Other armed actors include members of long-established Gaza families and Bedouin clans, some with ties to Sinai.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond