relatives

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When the army withdrew from the city, Abdul Rahman decided to escape with her eight children, husband, two brothers and sisters and other relatives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Scientists increasingly believe that this flexibility may have helped Homo sapiens spread successfully across the world while other human relatives disappeared.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Residents survived by wrapping up indoors, turning their balconies into refrigerators and, when possible, staying with relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But just before the wedding, when she turned 16 in 1996, Sierra Leone's civil war caused enough distraction to allow her to escape with the help of relatives and seek asylum in the UK.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The house where Pasqual’s relatives lived was more or less a big box, with a good yard because they worked on it when they had time off.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen