kissing cousin
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After weeks of teasers that started with kissing cousins and ended with the news that Ari's former Victorious costar would be in the video, the full, entire thing is here for our viewing pleasure (with tons of outfit inspiration to go around, BTW). — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Watch Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" Video Reference "Bring It On," "Mean Girls," "Legally Blonde," and "13 Going on 30"," 30 Nov. 2018 McConnell is pushing for this legislative change to remove a barrier inhibiting the versatile plant some call marijuana's kissing cousin. — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, "Hemp brings jobs and more than $16.7 million in sales to Kentucky," 1 May 2018 The organizers walked a razor's edge with scheduling, especially between the Flora and Fauna stages, which were kissing cousins a few hundred yards from each other. — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, "Final thoughts on Houston's In Bloom festival," 26 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kissing cousin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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