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Recent Examples of incestuous
As the season aired, Nivola and Schwarzenegger made headlines for their incestuous relationship on the show, but off-screen their bond is anything but complicated.
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Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Claire was secretly pregnant with Byron’s child, and Byron himself was fleeing rumors of an incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
So why do these incestuous love triangles seem so escapable right now?
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Although Game of Thrones had its share of uncomfortable incestuous plot lines, Sophie Turner and Kit Harington avoided the worst of it… until now.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Claire was secretly pregnant with Byron’s child, and Byron himself was fleeing rumors of an incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
So why do these incestuous love triangles seem so escapable right now?
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Although Game of Thrones had its share of uncomfortable incestuous plot lines, Sophie Turner and Kit Harington avoided the worst of it… until now.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incestuous
Adjective
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The scale of this social media-free existence felt more human, more intimate.—
Lindsay Lowe,
Parents,
8 Nov. 2025
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With just 13 bedrooms overlooking Bantry Bay, the hotel stands as an intimate ode to art and viticulture.—
Emily Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Closest in the group to Venus, the two started at SUR on the same day and have been inseparable ever since.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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Although he was married at the time, Lennon immediately was intrigued by Ono, and the two eventually became inseparable creative partners for the rest of his life.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Not that station relations have always been entirely chummy; sometimes the cosmic carrot can turn into a stick.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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In fact, throughout the entirety of the interview, Stewart and Mamdani were chummy pals.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 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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With spoofing tools, criminals can mimic real bank phone numbers and even use AI to reproduce familiar voices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The common ingredients are incredible storytellers who are excited about trying to make a series that feels authentic and realistic, and maybe feels familiar, but in a way that also feels elevated and sophisticated.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 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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In response, Delaware last March passed a law to make the state more alluring, to which Texas quickly counter-punched with an even friendlier law.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The other side of this has been the money in the industry’s pivot first to cheaper talk shows, which don’t innovate enough to merit much critique, and now to a second pivot to turn those interview shows into video series, which makes podcasts more friendly on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Incestuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incestuous. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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