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Recent Examples of Big Brother
Kupp took Nacua under his wing and served as a mentor and 'big brother' for the young receiver.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Patrick Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl MVP, and Travis Kelce secured eternal bragging rights over his big brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
Like his big brother, Atom also speaks fluent Mandarin.
—Jackie Tempera, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Reginae shared a photo of her with her little brothers, who certainly looked like her big brothers, at least in terms of their height compared to hers.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
There’s something healing about having my little girl & seeing my son be her big brother!
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Lonzo expressed his respect for LaMelo like only a proud big brother could.
—Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
The younger Ball gains the bragging rights over big brother for now, evening their record at 2-2 all time.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Jan. 2025
The Lakers' superstar made the analogy between the NBA and the NFL like a little brother and a big brother fighting.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Patrick Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl MVP, and Travis Kelce secured eternal bragging rights over his big brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
Like his big brother, Atom also speaks fluent Mandarin.
—Jackie Tempera, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Reginae shared a photo of her with her little brothers, who certainly looked like her big brothers, at least in terms of their height compared to hers.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
There’s something healing about having my little girl & seeing my son be her big brother!
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Lonzo expressed his respect for LaMelo like only a proud big brother could.
—Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
The younger Ball gains the bragging rights over big brother for now, evening their record at 2-2 all time.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Jan. 2025
The Lakers' superstar made the analogy between the NBA and the NFL like a little brother and a big brother fighting.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
Noun
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Did defeating the Nazis spur the Allies to a golden age of justice or rid the world of fascism?—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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The movement, which has gained traction on social media, brands itself as a fight against fascism.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.—
Layla Taimienova,
Foreign Affairs,
10 May 2017
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The curators’ skittishness is understandable, for any mention of Friedrich vis-à-vis war calls up the specter of Nazism.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The painting features robust, muscular figures in the style of Michelangelo and references the Klan, Nazism, torture, communism, and the Inquisition, evident in such forms as a swastika, hooded figures, a cross, and a hammer and sickle.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After half a century of tyranny, the Assad family’s rule over Syria has come to an end.—
Fawaz A. Gerges,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2025
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The tyranny of an unscaleable beauty hierarchy will forever be the inspired stuff of great horror moviemaking.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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A number of sports potentates will be making the Idaho scene, at a moment when tens of billions of dollars are changing hands in pursuit of ever-valuable rights.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 July 2024
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When Johnson Sirleaf came to power, in 2006, Liberia had been wracked by more than a decade of civil war, a military dictatorship, and chronic poverty.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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If allowed to proceed, Trump's purge of our federal law enforcement workforce will expose America to authoritarianism and dictatorship.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Aspiring autocrats in other countries have also made life difficult for universities.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Once shunned by his fellow Arab autocrats, Bashar al-Assad was gradually regaining the dubious respectability Arab regimes afford one another.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN,
30 Nov. 2024
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But what effect would such sanctions have on a warlord who doesn’t engage with the U.S. economy?—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
The Mercury News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Others were kidnapped off the streets in China and taken by gunpoint to enclaves run by ethnic warlords and Chinese crime gangs, survivors said.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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