kindred
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He also raved about chicken fried steak, posting on X: “Every Scottish person in America needs to immediately try Chicken Fried Steak, and you’ll realise we and the Americans are kindred spirits.”
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026
After buying a copy of Allan Taylor's 1978 LP The Traveller, Ed Sheeran may have spotted something of a kindred spirit in his fellow singer-songwriter.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
But he put those problems in the larger context of America’s friendship with Britain—“kindred countries of kindred principles.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton met a kindred spirit in Caracas-born Francisco de Miranda, who fought for both the American and French revolutionary causes.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
‘You have the keen eyes of your fair kindred, Legolas,’ he said; ‘and they can tell a sparrow from a finch a league off. Tell me, can you see anything away yonder towards Isengard?’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Romeo and Juliet
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