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Recent Examples of Big Brother
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.
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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
His breakout role came in Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, as a member of the bank-robber gang, the big brother Buck to Warren Beatty’s Clyde.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
But the story of a youngest of two sons, with a legendary coach as a father and a superstar player as a big brother, striving to make his own mark is one that never gets old.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
But when little brother goes up against big brother, sometimes tactics and personnel become a bit less important.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Gyeom was raised by his big brother, Ko Jun (Her Private Life’s Kim Jae-wook), following the deaths of their parents.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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
His breakout role came in Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, as a member of the bank-robber gang, the big brother Buck to Warren Beatty’s Clyde.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
But the story of a youngest of two sons, with a legendary coach as a father and a superstar player as a big brother, striving to make his own mark is one that never gets old.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
But when little brother goes up against big brother, sometimes tactics and personnel become a bit less important.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Gyeom was raised by his big brother, Ko Jun (Her Private Life’s Kim Jae-wook), following the deaths of their parents.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
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Cattaneo and Pope manage to balance the tone of a dramatic historical depiction of fascism with a charming animal story and their secret weapon is Coogan.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Don’t miss the upstairs museum, which displays priceless menorahs, prayer books, shofars and other historic artifacts, with windows that overlook the grave markers in the courtyard, a remnant of the old Budapest ghetto, where more than 2,000 victims of fascism were buried.—
Evan Rail,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 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
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Musk has been accused of supporting antisemitic claims and insulting victims of Nazism.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Loading your audio article An upcoming performance by longtime punk act The Exploited in Santa Cruz is causing an uproar over what some see as the Scottish band’s support of Nazism.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Judicial review is an indispensable part of the checks and balances embedded in the Constitution as a protection against tyranny.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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But that doesn’t justify your silence in the face of Trump’s tyranny, either.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 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 digital age thrives on collaboration, not dictatorship.—
Nono Bokete,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The film makes more than a token effort to explore the material and psychological realities of life under fascist rule, and the transformation of a charming agrarian utopia into an austere military dictatorship.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Eruption of warfare The army and RSF had at one point been in a fragile partnership together, jointly staging a coup in 2021 that derailed the transition from the Islamist rule of Omar al-Bashir, a longtime autocrat who was ousted in 2019.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the country has a would-be autocrat, with a Mt. Whitney-size grudge against California, seeking to establish himself as King Donald the First.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Aid workers are abandoning the country and violence has become rampant, with warlords terrorizing communities.—
Miami Herald Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Jan. 2025
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Some of the most notorious warlords and criminals who brought such misery to Kunduz — and ultimately did more to support the Taliban than defeat them — faded away without a final battle or trial.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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