ilk
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Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was in the ilk of the reformists.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Americans don’t like inflation of any ilk, but it is back in the 2% to 3% range, and that has been just fine.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Vaudeville memory acts used it; Mr. Dylan is of their ilk, working the same stages in a slightly different branch of entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
“Travis Kelce, influencers of that ilk, have tremendous followings,” Zimmerman said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
It smelled of deceit, of whispers and lies and plots hatched in the dark, all the things he’d hoped to leave behind with the Spider and Lord Littlefinger and their ilk.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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