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Recent Examples of Big Brother
Instead, the Yankees of yesteryear would have thrown money at him while the Mets shopped in the bargain bins, always living in the shadows of big brother in the Bronx.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
And so, the Louvre-Lens was born, with temporary exhibition galleries and its emblematic Galerie du Temps (Gallery of Time), a 32,000 square-foot open space reserved for some 200 loans from its Parisian big brother.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Carter joins his big brother Lincoln, whom Schneider and Harrison welcomed in 2020.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
On Monday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh fell to 0-3 against his big brother, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Nov. 2024
In the very first episode, Cooper learned that her big brother had been killed in the Vietnam War.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Who won part 2 of the final Head of Household competition on 'Big Brother'?
—David Wysong, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Even the big brothers within the organization had to put up with subpar conditions.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The van rides with not one but two annoying big brothers, twins Abe and Jake, knocking off four or five high points on a family vacation?
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
And so, the Louvre-Lens was born, with temporary exhibition galleries and its emblematic Galerie du Temps (Gallery of Time), a 32,000 square-foot open space reserved for some 200 loans from its Parisian big brother.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Carter joins his big brother Lincoln, whom Schneider and Harrison welcomed in 2020.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
On Monday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh fell to 0-3 against his big brother, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Nov. 2024
In the very first episode, Cooper learned that her big brother had been killed in the Vietnam War.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Who won part 2 of the final Head of Household competition on 'Big Brother'?
—David Wysong, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Even the big brothers within the organization had to put up with subpar conditions.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The van rides with not one but two annoying big brothers, twins Abe and Jake, knocking off four or five high points on a family vacation?
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
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Under rules designed to prevent the instability that facilitated the rise of fascism in the 1930s, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier can only dissolve parliament and call an election if the chancellor calls, and loses, a confidence vote.Fox News, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Years later, in 2016, Viren sets out to write a book that treats that period in her life as an allegory for the rise of fascism in the United States.Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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There is danger there, however, as Harold is a Jewish American and Germany is seeing the rise of Nazism and antisemitism.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Trump rally had no symbols of Nazism or Fascism, and organizers portrayed it as a mainstream political rally with celebrities, comedians, media personalities and the candidate.Russell Contreras, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The show is airing at a time when a lot of people are thinking about tyranny in a very concrete way.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
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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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By cracking the whip on local potentates, the party bolsters its already substantial public support and reinforces the power of central institutions.Dali Yang, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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Older generations lived under the violent military dictatorships of the nineteen-sixties, seventies, and eighties, and young people are aware of this legacy.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Of 5,000 people held at the school during the dictatorship, fewer than 250 survived.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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For a few hours on December 3, a man President Joe Biden regards as a key ally in the fight against authoritarianism effectively turned into an autocrat.Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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In some cases, he was criticized for heaping praise on autocrats and dictators.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Players can use their warlords as their in-game profile pictures.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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