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Recent Examples of Big Brother
The Big Brother alum, 26, is engaged to his boyfriend, Sean Horne, announcing the exciting news in a joint post on Instagram.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Another summer reality competition staple, Big Brother, returns for its 28th season in July.
—Jacqueline Jevtich, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Unlike Big Brother, where contestants are watched on a 24-hour live stream, Love Island USA doesn’t offer this format.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 June 2026
While season 1 of Destination X featured Big Brother winner Josh Martinez, Love Island USA’s JaNa Craig and Peter Weber of The Bachelor of Traitors fame taking on a cast of otherwise all new players, season 2 will see an influx of even more familiar faces.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
This marks a return for reality competition series Big Brother in Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 June 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, 29 May 2026
Tiafoe is something of a big brother to Baptiste, often attending her matches.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Johnson City Johnson City, Tennessee, is the big brother of Jonesborough and the best Tennessee getaway for mountain bikers, with miles of trails at Tannery Knobs.
—Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Another summer reality competition staple, Big Brother, returns for its 28th season in July.
—Jacqueline Jevtich, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Unlike Big Brother, where contestants are watched on a 24-hour live stream, Love Island USA doesn’t offer this format.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 June 2026
While season 1 of Destination X featured Big Brother winner Josh Martinez, Love Island USA’s JaNa Craig and Peter Weber of The Bachelor of Traitors fame taking on a cast of otherwise all new players, season 2 will see an influx of even more familiar faces.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
This marks a return for reality competition series Big Brother in Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 June 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, 29 May 2026
Tiafoe is something of a big brother to Baptiste, often attending her matches.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Johnson City Johnson City, Tennessee, is the big brother of Jonesborough and the best Tennessee getaway for mountain bikers, with miles of trails at Tannery Knobs.
—Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 24 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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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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President Roosevelt also led the United States through the Second World War, mobilizing the Nation after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and serving as Commander-in-Chief throughout the Allied effort to defeat Nazism and fascism.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The famous star of stage and screen was an outspoken opponent of fascism before World War II, devoting his time and money to relief groups aiding victims of Nazi Germany.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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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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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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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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First, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the end of vaccination requirements in his state, emphasizing the tyranny of basic public health.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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North Korea remains a close ally, rigidly committed to traditional communist tyranny.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Visiting North Korea gives Xi another chance to show himself as an agile powerbroker able to engage a diverse cast of leaders, from the chief of the world’s most powerful democracy to an autocrat with a sanctions-defying weapons regime.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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In 1978, my father, Ebrahim Yazdi, supported the revolution and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, precisely because Khomeini promised not to become an autocrat.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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