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Recent Examples of incestuous
Did Lyle and Erik Menendez have an incestuous relationship?
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Since the show premiered, he's made headlines for his character's nude scenes and incestuous relationship with his younger brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola).
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
While this can be true, abusive incestuous relationships are often the result of social factors that create an environment where this is normalized.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Why did a series rooted in facts, while playing with shifts in perspectives, intermittently portray the brothers as having an incestuous relationship?
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Since the show premiered, he's made headlines for his character's nude scenes and incestuous relationship with his younger brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola).
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
While this can be true, abusive incestuous relationships are often the result of social factors that create an environment where this is normalized.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Why did a series rooted in facts, while playing with shifts in perspectives, intermittently portray the brothers as having an incestuous relationship?
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incestuous
Adjective
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Galego’s sensuous, intimate paintings speak loudly as the artist herself engages viewers with a soft, ethereal demeanor, underscoring the dreamy otherworldliness of her work.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Kahle said that includes providing resources to participants for whom sharing experiences of intimate partner violence may cause trauma or mental health distress.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Manny Mota, Dodgers have been nearly inseparable for 75 years April 28, 2023 A pinch-hitting specialist, Manny Mota appeared in games over 20 MLB seasons, including the final 13 with the Dodgers.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Musk’s constant presence The weekend travels also revealed just how inseparable Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk can be.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ana thought the two teams were chummy, sharing information and helping each other along the way.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Bo Nix, Stidham and Wilson were a chummy group in 2024, and Wilson offers a high-upside option as a young backup.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 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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Kaye’s version, if the full title isn’t clear enough, has a familiar outline: First-gen immigrants become parents in the West, hoping their sacrifices will be rewarded with a doctor or lawyer child; child goes another way; conflict ensues.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The crossings also have to be familiar words all the way across those entries.—
Deb Amlen,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 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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Her willpower wobbling, the 37-year-old nurse and mother of three pushed her shopping cart forward, giving the friendly salesman a wide berth.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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Adopted in 2020, the Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities created a classification system for business and investors to know what activities are considered green or climate friendly.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Incestuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incestuous. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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