uncle
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As for their uncle, is he aware of the expectations you have for him?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“My uncle is in shock, he doesn’t want to have anything to do with this,” said Ferreira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Eric and his younger sister joined an aunt and uncle in Berlin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was years later when Anderson's uncle, Davis, started talking and according to police, blew the case wide open again.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
That past spring, Jeff had told me his uncle had an original Cobra, and I was totally floored.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The children met their aunts, uncles and cousins.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Zhu grew up near Hunan province’s capital Changsha and was raised by uncles, since he never knew his father and his mother died before he turned 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
According to Ugen and Choedup, one of his uncles died in combat and another in prison after his capture while fighting for Chushi Gangdruk, an anti-China guerrilla force established with CIA support in 1958.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Before Marina arrives at her grandparents’ home, though, she must run a gauntlet of uncles, aunts and cousins, their reactions to her existence varying from warm to wary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I’d hear Ma on the phone with my aunts and uncles, talking details and planning funeral arrangements, and I had to leave the house.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
