Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousins
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On Wall Street, stocks of companies with big fuel bills helped lead the market thanks to falling oil prices.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026 -
European stocks also appeared to be taking a breather, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 rising almost 1%.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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In other words, the 2026 school board races will rival the mayoral election in 2027 in importance to the future of Chicago.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Three of the four acting races are looking similarly hazy, save for Buckley’s odds in the best actress category, cat hate aside.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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During Monday’s event, the company presented a $50,000 donation and pledging 500 volunteer hours to Nourish Up, formerly Fishes & Loaves, a nonprofit addressing food insecurity for Charlotte families.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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Carie Hallford, 48, faced up to 20 years in prison for taking over $130,000 from families for funeral services, including cremations, and often giving them urns full of concrete mix instead.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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The post included a photograph of a child’s pink backpack covered in blood and dust.—
Mahsa Alimardani,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Classical music begins with blood and guts.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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Prager was deeply interested in the intricacies of the growing process, as well, sometimes spending weeks in the Colombian mountains living with the indigenous tribes that grew his weed and becoming close friends with his Colombian contacts that moved the product onto his boats.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Around the world, Starlink is utilized by 10 million users and counting, from rural communities to Ukrainian battlefields to remote Amazonian tribes.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Emma Stone Emma Stone shimmered in a simple empire waist design with cap sleeves by one of her favorite fashion houses, Louis Vuitton.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Residents in houses gathered on rooftops and hung out of windows, with one girl with her leg outside tossing beers down from the second story to her friends on the porch.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The resort’s Cowgirl Camps are all about providing the perfect environment to create lifelong memories with the women in your life, from friends to sisters to cousins.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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Pouya Akhgari, 22, is holed up in a family house with aunts and cousins in a village 200 kilometers (120 miles) from his home in the capital, Tehran.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 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 19 Mar. 2026.
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