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Recent Examples of Big Brother
That is to say, Merrifield was like a big brother who loved to torment his younger sibling.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
The photos show young Ernie having fun on the ski slopes with his parents, showing off his personal style with upside-down sunglasses, and, of course, playing alongside his big brother.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 30 May 2025
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Culkin began his acting career as a child, making his screen debut in 'Home Alone' alongside big brother Macaulay Culkin.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
That has forced it into the arms of its new big brother, China.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
One way to consider it: Think of Earth as a little sister with a big brother, Jupiter, who’s 2 or 3 years older.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Elsewhere in the conversation with Hirsch, Duhamel shared how his older son is adjusting to his role as a big brother.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 13 May 2025
Ariella, 3, savored a drippy vanilla cone; a baby named Kaida licked a spoonful of chocolate, with help from her big brother, Bryant.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The star went on to touch upon the more challenging aspects of parenthood in the interview, too, revealing to Harper’s Bazaar that RZA initially struggled with the idea of welcoming a sibling but eventually came around to being a big brother.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
The photos show young Ernie having fun on the ski slopes with his parents, showing off his personal style with upside-down sunglasses, and, of course, playing alongside his big brother.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 30 May 2025
More Entertainment: Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns, and More In Talks for 'Street Fighter'
Culkin began his acting career as a child, making his screen debut in 'Home Alone' alongside big brother Macaulay Culkin.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
That has forced it into the arms of its new big brother, China.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
One way to consider it: Think of Earth as a little sister with a big brother, Jupiter, who’s 2 or 3 years older.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Elsewhere in the conversation with Hirsch, Duhamel shared how his older son is adjusting to his role as a big brother.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 13 May 2025
Ariella, 3, savored a drippy vanilla cone; a baby named Kaida licked a spoonful of chocolate, with help from her big brother, Bryant.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The star went on to touch upon the more challenging aspects of parenthood in the interview, too, revealing to Harper’s Bazaar that RZA initially struggled with the idea of welcoming a sibling but eventually came around to being a big brother.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
Noun
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At the Seder, Molly compared liberatory ideas to the wind, an invisible force that blows everywhere and can’t be contained, even in the face of fascism.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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This is a core manifestation of fascism — using federal forces to put down dissent.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.—
Layla Taimienova,
Foreign Affairs,
10 May 2017
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Turning to culture to explain difference By 1933, the rise of Nazism had added urgency to the scientific study of race.—
John P. Jackson,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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As Neville Chamberlain’s ghost watched, Vice President JD Vance lit into Europeans in a speech in Munich and then met the leader of an extremist right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany, which many Germans see as descended from Nazism.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In Serra’s work, nothing claims to be site-specific, and nothing claims to be seen, shown, or commemorated—these are the actual conditions of object experience in a social and economic order ruled by the dual tyranny of compulsive consumption and spectacle.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Opposition to tyranny lies at the heart of every freedom movement.—
Daniel Twining,
National Review,
22 May 2025
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With the pandemic, the year-round population of a once-seasonal resort town swelled with Manhattan refugees, those in the Trump orbit, and tech and finance potentates, many of them serious collectors like Ken Griffin and Steve Ross.—
Ben Widdicombe,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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But in his mid-80s, King George ponders whether to abdicate and devote his remaining days to finding female companionship (the aging potentate remains potent with the help of Viagra and similar pharmaceuticals).—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Miami Dade College also owns the Freedom Tower, an iconic building that once welcomed Cubans fleeing the Fidel Castro dictatorship.—
Douglas Hanks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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The order bars entry for most applicants seeking tourist, student and business visas, further narrowing the few remaining legal pathways for families torn apart by dictatorship, displacement and economic collapse.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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The documentary debuted in the Cannes Premiere section of the festival to a long ovation and strong reviews, praising the timeliness of the film in an era in which freedom of speech and civil liberties are under assault and autocrats are on the rise worldwide.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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We’re also threatened by autocrats and fascists and people that wants to limit this.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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The zombie warlord is an interdimensional memeplex called SCP-3125.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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According to Human Rights Watch, early in the morning of Nov. 17, 2022, armed men affiliated with a locally infamous warlord entered his home in a gritty section of Tripoli and dragged him into a car in front of his wife and children.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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