nephew
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The first would be to buy a bigger headstone for his family gravesite, where his parents, four siblings and a nephew are buried in a single plot in the Green Street Cemetery.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
His nephew Griffin Bremner said he felt the plane stutter and the propellers slow down, then his uncle turned to him and said, “Griffin, we’re cooked!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Questions about central bank independence have also arisen after President Prabowo nominated his nephew, Thomas Djiwandono, as a BI deputy governor early this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The other undercover officer, Anna, got to know him separately, and during a covertly captured conversation in a café in December 2023 she put it to him that his nephew had killed somebody.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hale had access to Mollie’s fortune through Ernest, but his nephew did not yet directly control it, and would do so only if Mollie died and bequeathed it to him.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Among them were Kerr's grandparents and nephews, his first ever coach, and his training partners from when he was 11 or 12.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The loss of a son and two nephews in the Gaza conflict has earned him the sympathy of a battered and grieving population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“They’re great little kids,” Wilson said of his nephews in an interview with Conan O’Brien in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
There are pictures of my three nieces and four nephews.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Vocabulary lists containing nephew
It's All in the Family
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Unit 20, Lessons 1–2
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