uncle
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Najib, the scion of a powerful political family whose father and uncle both served as prime ministers, has always denied the charges against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Somehow, he’d already heard that he was the chief suspect, but he adamantly denied involvement in the crime against his aunt and uncle.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"These buildings are nothing but ticking time bombs," said Ahmed Al-Ajla, whose uncle and other relatives were killed in the collapse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
One of those attending Friday's event, Liam McKenna, lost his aunt and uncle in the attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Just that morning his uncle had complained to his aunt that he couldn’t get an envelope he needed because it was in the den where the boy was sleeping.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
There was no cellphone signal in Pancho’s orchard, so Óscar and one of his uncles drove there to look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
If there’s an emergency and a minor’s legal parents are incapacitated or killed, most rules default to direct blood relationships — grandparents, aunts and uncles, and so forth down the line.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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
The uncles smiled and nodded as Redemption and Jam greeted them, then fell back to their tasks, a low hum of conversation flowing across the wood of the table.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
