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Originally Published: April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM CDT
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Kanye West reveals past incestuous relationship with male cousin
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John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Ye shocked his followers yesterday (April 21) after his confession about having incestuous interactions with his younger male cousin while promoting a new song.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Kanye West detailed a years-long, incestuous relationship with an unnamed cousin in his latest social media outburst.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Even anonymous surveys are ineffective in determining usable data regarding incestuous abuse.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Ye shocked his followers yesterday (April 21) after his confession about having incestuous interactions with his younger male cousin while promoting a new song.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Kanye West detailed a years-long, incestuous relationship with an unnamed cousin in his latest social media outburst.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Even anonymous surveys are ineffective in determining usable data regarding incestuous abuse.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incestuous
Adjective
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Lower-income Californians also are more likely to live in tight quarters, making privacy for an intimate therapy session difficult.—
Phillip Reese,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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In two weeks, guests will visit UNESCO sites like Luang Prabang, witness elephants in their natural habitats, attend an intimate Baci ceremony led by a Lao prince, attend a private fashion show from one of Cambodia’s top designers, take a helicopter tour over the Khmer temples of Angkor, and more.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The couple announced their relationship in 2023 and have been inseparable ever since.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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In a video shared in the same month, Ren and Miso are inseparable, doing everything together, from playing, to reading books and cuddling.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Matty finally gets back to being chummy with Olympia again in this episode, for a couple of reasons.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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The chummy scene in the White House this week with Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador was telling.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 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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Some of this uncertainty is coming from familiar sources, and some from new developments.—
Amanda Tickel,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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With three birdies also added on the card, Scheffler walked into the clubhouse with a familiar position on the leaderboard at a major.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 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
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During public remarks in 2022, Justice Elena Kagan – one of the court’s three liberal justices − spoke out against sweeping injunctions and the ability of challengers to find one friendly judge to issue such an order.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Hussain has a friendly, reassuring presence, making the already-simple recipes even less intimidating.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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“Incestuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incestuous. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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