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Recent Examples of brotherly
There’s an easy, brotherly chemistry between each of them, a cross between a sports team and a boy band.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
Trevor ‘welcomes contact’ in run game The Etienne brothers are one of the few brotherly duos in the NFL presently, and are one of the few in league history to be on NFL rosters at the same time and both play running back.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
Meanwhile, runner-up The Accountant 2 is enjoying $25 million at the higher end of estimates and tops the original film’s debut, in a tale of sinners turned saints who use their extraordinary brotherly killing abilities for good.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Whether it’s called the tush push or the brotherly shove, the Philadelphia Eagles’ famous play is going to be a talking point in the offseason once again.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
Trevor ‘welcomes contact’ in run game The Etienne brothers are one of the few brotherly duos in the NFL presently, and are one of the few in league history to be on NFL rosters at the same time and both play running back.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
Meanwhile, runner-up The Accountant 2 is enjoying $25 million at the higher end of estimates and tops the original film’s debut, in a tale of sinners turned saints who use their extraordinary brotherly killing abilities for good.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Whether it’s called the tush push or the brotherly shove, the Philadelphia Eagles’ famous play is going to be a talking point in the offseason once again.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brotherly
fraternal
Adjective
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In 1898, the Elks Lodge #26 opted to do something highly unusual for fraternal organizations at the time.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed two local gas stations and a fraternal lodge after discovering cockroaches, rodent droppings and a lack of hot water.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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“Brotherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brotherly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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