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[kin-drid] / ˈkɪn drɪd /




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Mr. Harris tactfully omits mention of the 30-plus-year age gap between Ms. Underwood and the 79-year-old comedian, suggesting instead that the couple are kindred spirits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Many of the Mull fans interviewed are still with us—Steve Martin, for instance, a solidly kindred spirit and a major supporter of Mull’s painting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Unlike Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, or Hope and Crosby, who relied on tightly scripted setups, this disparate yet kindred duo captured America’s heart by being viscerally, uproariously and unpredictably wild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

As soon as Siobhan was placed in the Paragon of Sound with a kindred marvel, Ella stood and clapped for her.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Come with me as I follow this host of real-deal Dallas kindreds.

From Southern Living ● Sep. 16, 2010

Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never again shall there be any such league of Elves and Men; for Men multiply and the Firstborn decrease, and the two kindreds are estranged.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Our investigation of these remote kindreds is at best spasmodic, and conducted always at the extreme of disadvantage; and the knowledge which we may gain from such investigation must always remain in a measure fragmentary.

From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

These souls were of older race than himself; they had the noblest of kindreds, a country that was the mother of nations.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr




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