nephew
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The fight with her nephew shows why that matters.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hakim Akram, who works in the shop and is the nephew of the shop owner, says the crash felt "unreal"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Indiana Affleck, son of Casey and nephew of Ben, stars in the new film “Company,” directed by his dad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, shared the news of his aunt’s death in a video posted to her Instagram account on Aug. 25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The nephew reappeared at the door with a folded white paper in his hands.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
Parton didn’t have children, and her husband died in 2025, but she had 11 siblings and multitudes of nieces and nephews.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"We knew what kind of mum she would be because she doted on my two boys - her nephews," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But the house where he lived with his siblings and nephews was reduced to pieces by the quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The two young admirals, many assert, enjoyed meteoric career rises thanks to family patronage: They are nephews of a former secretary of the navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Uncles, cousins, nephews, brothers would have looked, too, had they been home between journeys.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing nephew
It's All in the Family
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Unit 20, Lessons 1–2
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