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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousins
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Asian and European stocks plummeted on Monday as Iran’s threat to completely close the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices soaring.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026 -
Flutter Entertainment , DraftKings — Sports-betting stocks rose following reports of a bipartisan bill expected to be introduced in the Senate Monday aiming to ban sports betting on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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The millions of dollars seeking to influence the outcome of Illinois’s races have been met with criticism from both winners and losers of these contests, sending a warning signal to major PACs and industries that the 2026 elections may be harder to influence than in previous cycles.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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But like many of the other races in the state, criticism of Israel and AIPAC support became a defining feature of the home stretch.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Our families had to wait until democracy was restored in 1999 before asking the government to locate the grave.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Buchsbaum described a mid-20th-century American Jewish landscape in which nearly every community had kosher butchers and caterers because even many non-Orthodox families expected bar mitzvahs, weddings and other celebrations to be kosher.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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But the organization is retaining its wider prohibition against receiving transfusions of others' blood -- a procedure routinely used with patients after accidents, violence or other blood loss.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Slow running also increases the size and strength of your heart chambers, increases blood volume, and improves the strength of your connective tissues, tendons, and bones, Hamilton adds.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
20 Mar. 2026
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There’s also the work of Dean Worcester, the American anthropologist and zoologist who went to the Philippines and photographed peoples of the indigenous tribes of the Luzon region, the big northern most island of the archipelago.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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If states and tribes must earn the right to offer legal sports betting through legislation, licensing, and strict consumer protections, then so should everyone else.—
Mick Mulvaney,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The high-end houses would be 2,900 square feet with an average cost of $500,000.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Moore was a silent film star who was fascinated by dolls and doll houses as a youngster.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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My husband and one of the men are cousins.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lachney is perhaps best known for her female lead role in Gentefied, the Netflix series following three Mexican-American cousins and their struggle to chase the American Dream, which ran for two seasons, earning GLAAD and Peabody Award nominations.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
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Comparative studies show that an appendix-like structure evolved independently in at least three distinct lineages of mammals – marsupials, primates and glires, a group that includes rodents and rabbits.—
Lilia Goncharova,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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But a new investigation of Asgard genomes has revealed previously unknown lineages of the microbes in shallow coastal sediments, some of which appear tolerant of and use oxygen, according to a study published February 18 in the journal Nature.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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