kindred

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O’Keeffe and Stieglitz both found a kindred spirit in Lawrence’s intense passion for nature and its spiritual dimensions, pantheistic in its fervor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

Egypt felt something kindred in listening to “Planet Rock,” the genre-bending anthem by East Coast hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

“There is no one to meddle, sir. I have no kindred to interfere.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë