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Recent Examples of incestuous
While Emily is awake but unable to move, Charity takes it upon herself to give her sister pleasure in a horrifying act of incestuous rape.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
After a week of toxic friendships, incestuous threesomes, suspicious billionaires, and lots and lots of monkeys, the guests have officially checked out of The White Lotus Thailand.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
One of the earliest examples in film was Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which depicted a father-daughter incestuous relationship.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 5 May 2025
This season has been filled with all sorts of unsavory drama, including a party turned incestuous, a surprise cameo (and unsettling monologue) from Sam Rockwell and an Inigo-Montoya-esque confrontation with a shadowy landowner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
After a week of toxic friendships, incestuous threesomes, suspicious billionaires, and lots and lots of monkeys, the guests have officially checked out of The White Lotus Thailand.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
One of the earliest examples in film was Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which depicted a father-daughter incestuous relationship.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 5 May 2025
This season has been filled with all sorts of unsavory drama, including a party turned incestuous, a surprise cameo (and unsettling monologue) from Sam Rockwell and an Inigo-Montoya-esque confrontation with a shadowy landowner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incestuous
Adjective
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And for the people who spend 80-hour weeks sweating all the intimate details of service, the job means so much more than work, the team so much more than colleagues.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Meals are a great time to set boundaries in place and enjoy intimate conversations.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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In high-performing organizations, engineering and business strategy are inseparable.—
Vibhas Zanpure,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Some cats and dogs even become inseparable companions.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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But when the story starts, these three Rebel Alliance legends are far from chummy, each working independently of the others in their own form of resistance.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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The once chummy relationship between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk imploded in a flurry of back-and-forth insults and allegations that played out on social media for all the world to see.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies.—
Monique Judge,
The Root,
15 May 2018
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Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2017
Adjective
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The legal battle between these parties has become a familiar topic in sports law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 June 2025
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The skills that prepare a child to read begin developing in utero, as a baby listens to the familiar voices around them and begins to develop connections between sounds and the meanings of words in their home language.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Jews, because human beings are and always will be clannish.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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This sort of soft, clannish corruption is not a coat of paint that can be stripped from the protectionist architecture; the dysfunction infests the very foundations of it.—
David B. McGarry,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This friendly caller is helping seniors feel less lonely, The Wall Street Journal reports.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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This is a guide that is both a friendly flower refresher course for the veteran gardener and a wonderful introduction to flowers for the novice.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
28 June 2025
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“Incestuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incestuous. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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