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Recent Examples of Big Brother
Ariella, 3, savored a drippy vanilla cone; a baby named Kaida licked a spoonful of chocolate, with help from her big brother, Bryant.
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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
Gomez said Francis was like a wise father, a big brother.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Coppola’s friend and collaborator John Milius hired Howell for Red Dawn (1984), reuniting him with his Outsiders big brother, Patrick Swayze.
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Same is true, probably, for Princely’s big brother, Prince.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Is Nate’s position as a potential future NBA lottery pick with his long, lean frame, smooth jumper and tremendous upside all due to … his big brother?
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
John Korir has followed in the footsteps of his big brother by winning the Boston Marathon!
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
And when the scale of the crisis exceeds their capacity, the federal government steps in — like a big brother with deep pockets and national muscle.
—Kelly McKinney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
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
Gomez said Francis was like a wise father, a big brother.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Coppola’s friend and collaborator John Milius hired Howell for Red Dawn (1984), reuniting him with his Outsiders big brother, Patrick Swayze.
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Same is true, probably, for Princely’s big brother, Prince.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Is Nate’s position as a potential future NBA lottery pick with his long, lean frame, smooth jumper and tremendous upside all due to … his big brother?
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
John Korir has followed in the footsteps of his big brother by winning the Boston Marathon!
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
And when the scale of the crisis exceeds their capacity, the federal government steps in — like a big brother with deep pockets and national muscle.
—Kelly McKinney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
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Andor is an amazing work of art, not just as a Star Wars show but as an overall series with incredible writing, acting, production values and a relevant take on the rise of fascism.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The long arm of fascism has stretched all the way to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where, quite suddenly, nobody is allowed to be naked on the red carpet anymore.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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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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For decades, Hollywood cast the American hero — from Rick Blaine to John McClane, Rocky Balboa, Ethan Hunt and Captain America — as the planet’s natural protagonist: the first responder to global chaos, the last line of defense against tyranny.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2025
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The Allies were an unprecedented coalition of countries, ideologies, and people of all walks of life who stood shoulder to shoulder to defeat tyranny.—
Lt. General Leon Scott Rice,
Boston Herald,
7 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
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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For instance, during Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, the head of intelligence, Johnny Abbes, was plucked from obscurity in Mexico and in 1958 began to lead the dictator’s repression machine.—
Erica Frantz,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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In the Soviet dictatorship, this was meant literally: engineers and senior managers in charge of color film production would be denounced, arrested, and executed during the Great Purges of 1937–1838.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 May 2025
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May 14, 2025 4 min read The red flags abound—political research tells us the U.S. is becoming an autocracy By Dan Vergano As president, Donald Trump pretty much checks all the warning boxes for an autocrat.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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But Trump's disruption of the Western alliance, his appeasement of autocrats, and his abandonment of global stability have made the world a far scarier place.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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Afterburn is directed by J.J. Perry and follows an ex-soldier played, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects for powerful clients and is tasked with recovering the Mona Lisa before it’s found by a warlord.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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In 1900, no one serving in the late Qing dynasty expected that in 20 years the country would be a republic feuded over by warlords.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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