family
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Fortunately for her, none of her immediate family died in the Venezuela earthquakes which are estimated to have killed at least 6,300 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He runs Elysium, his family office on Park Avenue, and is focused on his art collection, including considering whether the Woolworth mansion, which he recently purchased, should house a museum open to the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Imagination Library became part of the family routine for Ciara Fernandez Faber, too, after she signed up her son about eight years ago in Colorado.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Our thoughts are with the crew member’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She refused the relative safety and comfort of house arrest with a German family and chose to go to prison instead.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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In 2016, the Dollywood Foundation gave more than $12 million to families who were displaced by the Smokey Mountain wildfires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
For both families, the journey has ended with the same unanswered question: did the women make it across the border?
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sehida Abdurahmanovic, a member of the main association of mothers in Srebrenica, said knowing he died suffering was some solace to victims' families, but his conviction was more enduring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some families who objected to those policies helped fuel explicitly Christian scouting alternatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Now his eyes fly to the list of names, which we’d tacked on the wall, quickly skimming through the families we’d never crossed off.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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