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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 ads target safe Republican seats and most competitive races, including Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.—
BILL BARROW,
Arkansas Online,
26 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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The guys have put in blood, sweat and tears to develop a top-four defense two weeks ago.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Tests done after the trial, when the men were appealing their convictions, showed the stains were not blood.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 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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Lewis met his wife, a teacher, through one of his older cousins and they were married for 40 years.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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How to shop for ramps Their exclusivity means that ramps can be costly, especially compared to their humble cousins.—
Kelly Vaughan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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And that’s exciting for artists who make music in a way that utilizes the superpowers and traditions and lineages that have been left by our ancestors for hundreds of years.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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This form of biological clock mechanism appears even in ancient lineages, including sponges and some jellyfish.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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