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nephew

[nef-yoo, nev-yoo] / ˈnɛf ju, ˈnɛv ju /






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As a result, Roy E. Disney — Walt Disney’s nephew and a former Disney board member—launched the dramatic “Save Disney” shareholder campaign which led to Michael Eisner’s ouster as Disney’s CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The order of service also included tributes paid by the Rev Roger Widdecombe, Widdecombe's nephew, and Sir Christian Sweeting, a close friend.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

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

An uncle and his nephew had a harrowing experience Monday afternoon when the engine on their two-seat plane died, forcing them to make an emergency landing on Huntington State Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

A young man—some accounts say that it was Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s nephew, while others report that it was a young professor from Yale College—was lifted and then pulled himself up and through the opening.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

But the house where he lived with his siblings and nephews was reduced to pieces by the quake.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

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

Your siblings and nieces and nephews are not first in line, and that’s OK.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Tyler had numerous godchildren, more than a dozen nieces and nephews and multiple great-nieces and great-nephews.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

When the nieces and nephews began clamoring for the little flags on the pickup, he snapped at them.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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