cousin
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Witnessing a friend of a friend’s cousin credit a famous woman for her maternal nature, side by side with the person who literally gave birth to them, is a unique reality of our modern madness.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
His family said they were heartbroken by the loss and described him as a loving “uncle, cousin, brother-in-law, and friend to so many.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Michelle and Lavinia met up with a woman called Olivine, who Michelle believed was a new first cousin to both her and her twin.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
If the distinguished Soviet literary scholar Olga Freidenberg is known at all in the West, it is for her 45-year correspondence with her beloved first cousin, the novelist and poet Boris Pasternak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Alarmed at the prospect of war, Czar Nicholas appealed directly to his cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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