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Recent Examples of Big Brother
Big Brother refers to the voyeur.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Siwa and Hughes met while on season 24 of Celebrity Big Brother UK in April 2025.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Other celebrities who have been made into holograms by Proto Hologram include Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves, Elton John, Olivia Rodrigo, William Shatner and Kenan Thompson.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Some viewers were already complaining Big Brother was too much of a time commitment at three weekly episodes; now Bowers would have to sell his boss on a show that would air six nights a week, including the aftershow.
—Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Ethan’s big brother, Jackson, was the first overall pick out of Stillwater High in the 2022 draft by the Orioles.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Poverty, unemployment and a constant state of paranoia have driven them to feel like they are trapped inside an artificial set, where every element in their lives feels fake and orchestrated by an ominpresent Big Brother-like business known as ALMA (Almighty Limitless Megacorporative Agency).
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
The season ushers in a landmark summer as Houseguests enter the iconic Big Brother house with unexpected moments and a season packed with twists and turns.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 May 2026
How many seasons of 'Big Brother' are there?
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 May 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Siwa and Hughes met while on season 24 of Celebrity Big Brother UK in April 2025.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Other celebrities who have been made into holograms by Proto Hologram include Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves, Elton John, Olivia Rodrigo, William Shatner and Kenan Thompson.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Some viewers were already complaining Big Brother was too much of a time commitment at three weekly episodes; now Bowers would have to sell his boss on a show that would air six nights a week, including the aftershow.
—Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Ethan’s big brother, Jackson, was the first overall pick out of Stillwater High in the 2022 draft by the Orioles.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Poverty, unemployment and a constant state of paranoia have driven them to feel like they are trapped inside an artificial set, where every element in their lives feels fake and orchestrated by an ominpresent Big Brother-like business known as ALMA (Almighty Limitless Megacorporative Agency).
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
The season ushers in a landmark summer as Houseguests enter the iconic Big Brother house with unexpected moments and a season packed with twists and turns.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 May 2026
How many seasons of 'Big Brother' are there?
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
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Weaponizing social media and other U.S. businesses to do what the Constitution would not allow government to do is Big Brotherism.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
31 Mar. 2021
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While India’s media landscape has largely retreated in the face of the Hindu right’s fascism, Kandasamy is one of the few consistently at the barricades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Talking to Deadline ahead of the screening, Loach says the conflict still resonates with the Left to this day as the first international fight against fascism.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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But, ten years later, his embrace of near-totalitarian control bears the deep imprint of his most personal beliefs about force, weakness, faith, and order.—
Evan Osnos,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2022
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But that would not address the fundamental goal of the protests: to end the totalitarian stranglehold that has subjected the Cubans to an unbearable serfdom.—
Néstor T. Carbonell,
National Review,
16 July 2021
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Still, some historians object to reincarnating a place so central to Nazism as a cultural venue for pleasure.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Threat of communism, along with awful economic misery, spawned fascism and Nazism, and World War II.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
15 May 2026
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Suddenly, guardrails are not tyranny but common sense.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Turning the court into a partisan plaything would destroy one of America’s strongest bulwarks against tyranny.—
Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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The game is a playground for Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern potentates, and Latin American strongmen—his people.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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Stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby and raised in suburban Chicago, 36-year-old Kyle Adler finally reunites with her, confronting an identity shaped by dictatorship-era trafficking.—
Vanessa A. Alvarez,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Every administration since the Marcos dictatorship has directed particular attention to the island of Negros, which has seen considerable NPA activity because of the area’s chronic struggles over land rights.—
Patrick Peralta,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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