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Jonsson, a Bafta Rising Star winner who's appeared in Industry, The Long Walk and Rye Lane, will play the son of T'Challa, king of Wakanda, the fictional African nation where the films are set.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Liuzzo’s son Anthony was more blunt, saying we have lost the “protections” for our democracy “that my mother’s blood gave us.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The family installed playground equipment in their backyard, but that means their son rarely plays with other kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway lead the cast as Odysseus and Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
She knew about frostbite: the Boar Clan Leader’s son, Aki, had lost three toes to it last winter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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“Many paid the ultimate price for Black people to gain the right to vote,” Dennis Dahmer, one of Vernon Dahmer’s sons, told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the president’s eldest sons, have a portfolio of tech companies that are raking in billions from the Pentagon.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The victims included a fire captain, Spencer Long, his wife and three sons.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
His brother and three sons all pleaded guilty and struck deals after being apprehended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jim liked to say that he and Paul were “twin sons of different mothers.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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