cousin
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How could it be that the elf in a button-down shirt now looked like someone’s cool bisexual cousin!
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Nieuwenhuijsen’s fifth great-grandmother, Beata de la Sablonière, was the painter’s first cousin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bush and cousin to the 43rd president George W. Bush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Related: ‘I’m burned out’: I’m constantly helping my cousin who is running out of money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Elisha’s cousin took Maggie aside, “Elisha loves you; I can see that!”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Kijanangoma and the late King Oyo are cousins.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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
Their small apartment filled quickly with my father’s siblings—my aunts and uncles—and their children, my cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
On that day, Ayala said, his nieces had finished working as cooks at a Thai restaurant around 2 a.m. and decided to go out with two cousins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
“To my cousins, or your tales sister in Vienna. We will get a letter when the mail begins to come again.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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