kin
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Marine Band could offer its kin moral support by playing in the background Ives’ mysteriously transcendental “Unanswered Question.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Complicating matters, he has never been particularly generous or nurturing, and he has no spouse, children or other immediate next of kin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The irony is that Sally was also Martha’s half-sister — the product of John Wayles’ relations with an enslaved woman — making her biological kin to the Monticello Association members, too.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but police believe they know who the man was and have informed his next of kin, who are being supported by specialist officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Dont you sturb Miss Cahline, now. Ef she say anything, tell her I got him. Go on, now; you kin sho do dat right, I reckon.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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It's All in the Family
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Bud, Not Buddy
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