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Recent Examples of Big Brother
What was your reaction to Will throwing your last plank in the water and shouting out Big Brother superiority?
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EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
And as reality competition shows exploded with Survivor, Big Brother, and Amazing Race, I was glued to my screen.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Here, in her own words (as told to Entertainment Weekly), Danielle Reyes reflects on her Big Brother journey and permanent impact on the game.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Since getting the boot on Big Brother, Andrew and his younger brother Tristan have capitalized on the attention.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
And while the rivalry’s first few matchups (and decades) featured the Lightning as big brother kicking sand in the face of their younger sibling, the Panthers have now emerged as the powerhouse.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In September 2024, Brando appeared to have taken up motocross alongside his big brother, walking next to him in blue and red gear and a pair of gloves.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The 14-year vet took on the role of Dick’s big brother.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Tranquill is getting an assist in his fundraising efforts from his big brother.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
And as reality competition shows exploded with Survivor, Big Brother, and Amazing Race, I was glued to my screen.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Here, in her own words (as told to Entertainment Weekly), Danielle Reyes reflects on her Big Brother journey and permanent impact on the game.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Since getting the boot on Big Brother, Andrew and his younger brother Tristan have capitalized on the attention.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
And while the rivalry’s first few matchups (and decades) featured the Lightning as big brother kicking sand in the face of their younger sibling, the Panthers have now emerged as the powerhouse.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In September 2024, Brando appeared to have taken up motocross alongside his big brother, walking next to him in blue and red gear and a pair of gloves.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The 14-year vet took on the role of Dick’s big brother.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Tranquill is getting an assist in his fundraising efforts from his big brother.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
Noun
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Leading scholars, including historians of fascism, keep making alarming comparisons between WW2 and the present.—
Chris Doyle,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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The bottom line: The recent arrests and lack of due process in other cases have some experts worried about the nation's trend toward fascism and authoritarianism under Trump, writes Axios' Russell Contreras and Steph Solis.—
Esteban L. Hernandez,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Turning to culture to explain difference By 1933, the rise of Nazism had added urgency to the scientific study of race.—
John P. Jackson,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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As Neville Chamberlain’s ghost watched, Vice President JD Vance lit into Europeans in a speech in Munich and then met the leader of an extremist right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany, which many Germans see as descended from Nazism.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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American Values, Global Impact The United States has long been characterized by its willingness to provide refuge to those escaping tyranny.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Throughout history, across continents and cultures, people have drawn upon the Exodus narrative as a powerful metaphor and rallying cry against tyranny and injustice.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 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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The oligarchs in Hungary and Russia support the dictatorship with their monetary gains in return for being allowed to remain billionaires.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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The biographical drama is inspired by the lives of Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva and her politician husband Rubens, who was murdered for his dissidence toward the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Maybe a less obvious point is that some of these other aspiring autocrats really have to care about audiences outside their own country.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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After Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the American public has become even more distrustful of the Russian autocrat.—
MICHAEL McFAUL,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
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In Shogun, Hira played Japanese warlord Ishido Kazunari, one of the main antagonists of the acclaimed historical drama.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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