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Recent Examples of Big Brother
Doom Eternal Doom Eternal is the faster, meaner, more agile big brother of Doom (2016).
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Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
One year after opening its doors in 1962, Corona del Mar started crashing helmets against the Sailors, always viewed as the big brother, or the USC, of the town, according to Newport Harbor player Tony Horvath.
—Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Chanel’s big brother, Tracy Jr., 33, and big sister, LeTesha, 48, also pose for the snap alongside her parents, Coco Austin, 45, and Ice-T, 66.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Next up is Jean Pronovost, who played 753 games for the Penguins and was once a Lady Byng finalist, but didn’t get invited to join his big brother Marcel in the Hall.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Golden joins big brother Bronze, 2, and big sister Sterling, 3, making the Mahomes household even livelier.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Its big brothers can carry twice the payload for several times the distance, but anything able to put a grenade through a window a mile away can still be useful in combat.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Fans also noticed Gelo’s big brother, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, is credited as a songwriter.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
Stephen Baldwin is teasing a possible appearance on big brother Alec Baldwin’s new show.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
One year after opening its doors in 1962, Corona del Mar started crashing helmets against the Sailors, always viewed as the big brother, or the USC, of the town, according to Newport Harbor player Tony Horvath.
—Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Chanel’s big brother, Tracy Jr., 33, and big sister, LeTesha, 48, also pose for the snap alongside her parents, Coco Austin, 45, and Ice-T, 66.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Next up is Jean Pronovost, who played 753 games for the Penguins and was once a Lady Byng finalist, but didn’t get invited to join his big brother Marcel in the Hall.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Golden joins big brother Bronze, 2, and big sister Sterling, 3, making the Mahomes household even livelier.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Its big brothers can carry twice the payload for several times the distance, but anything able to put a grenade through a window a mile away can still be useful in combat.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Fans also noticed Gelo’s big brother, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, is credited as a songwriter.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
Stephen Baldwin is teasing a possible appearance on big brother Alec Baldwin’s new show.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
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Hepburn’s hatred of fascism and the Nazis was especially resonant to people on Reddit.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Reviewed by Andrew Moravcsik January/February 2025 Published on In This Review Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich By Richard J. Evans Save Who would support fascism today?—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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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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Grimes is distancing herself from Elon Musk and denouncing Nazism after the Tesla CEO made a gesture that many interpreted as a Nazi salute during one of Donald Trump’s inauguration events.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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The United States withdrew its forces from Europe while demanding debt payments from allies, who passed the costs on to Germany, worsening its financial turmoil and hastening its slide into Nazism.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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When Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, and the rest of their ragtag fugitive fleet fled the Cylon tyranny, one of their first ports of call was the pleasure planet of Carillon for a spot of R&R.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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During that terrifying first year of tyranny, Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, and Bail Organa face the encroaching darkness.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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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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Molina, a gay hairdresser convicted of public indecency during Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, has been sent to the political wing of a prison and put in the same cell as Valentin Arregui (a solid, if unremarkable Diego Luna), an intense and serious-minded Marxist revolutionary.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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During the third year of his sentence, he's placed in a cell with Valentin (Diego Luna), a revolutionary who is vital to the fight against Argentina's military dictatorship.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Aspiring autocrats in other countries have also made life difficult for universities.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Once shunned by his fellow Arab autocrats, Bashar al-Assad was gradually regaining the dubious respectability Arab regimes afford one another.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN,
30 Nov. 2024
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But what effect would such sanctions have on a warlord who doesn’t engage with the U.S. economy?—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
The Mercury News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Others were kidnapped off the streets in China and taken by gunpoint to enclaves run by ethnic warlords and Chinese crime gangs, survivors said.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Big Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Big%20Brother. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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