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sibling

[sib-ling] / ˈsɪb lɪŋ /
NOUN
sister or brother
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Around the same time, Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, were with their mother and younger sibling approaching a crosswalk at Triunfo Canyon Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“In this scenario, I am the ‘other’ sibling, and although it was purely accidental, that didn’t make it hurt any less,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Kit Tricks, whose 25-year-old sibling Crow Walt Tricks who is on trial, told the BBC Crow was alone in a cell for 22 hours a day.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

A brother stays in Taiwan, vowing to solve the murder; he gets a job in the food-processing plant where his sibling worked—then drops out of sight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Tyler has one sibling, an older brother studying music at Bloomsburg University, one of the Pennsylvania state colleges that attract Truman students.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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