noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
saviour sibling
sibling rivalry (= rivalry between brothers and sisters )
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She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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Amal's older married siblings were living in other areas of the city.
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She cried when the vacuum cleaner made noise or if her older siblings were loud.
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The uplift came amidst allegations that the younger children were now subject to abuse from older siblings .
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Sometimes older siblings can be harder on you than your parents.
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Social workers suspected their older siblings of doing the same.
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However, when a pregnancy occurs before normal termination of breastfeeding, the older sibling also suffers a disadvantage.
young
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As a result, copies of her own genes, contained within her young siblings , profit.
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Or send a photo of your younger siblings and watch their faces light up when they see themselves in this animated adventure.
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One thinks of younger siblings and playmates, handicapped friends, and animals.
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Fathers may stay at night, and young siblings may visit as frequently as desired each day.
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Angela Brye is the youngest of eight siblings .
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We have been reared like our brothers to develop our potential, not to mind younger siblings and learn about infant care.
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Everyone is impressed-including fellow students, parents, and younger siblings .
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As the oldest child, Kierra had to take care of three younger siblings , including an eighteen-month-old baby.
■ NOUN
rivalry
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Others continue the hostility into adulthood and never make peace with their brothers and sisters - a phenomenon called sibling rivalry .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How can siblings, raised in the same family, be so different?
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In some families there may be little distinction made between siblings and cousins, and these may be included in any discussion.
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Sometimes it is clear that siblings do not like each other.
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Their torturer, Maximian, took his own life in frustration when his attempts to execute the siblings failed.
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Under rigorous cross examination by prosecution co-counsel Cliff Harris, Sontag acknowledged that Davis' three siblings have led relatively law-abiding lives.
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When siblings are in conflict they need consistent and caring control plus help in recognizing each other's needs and feelings.
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Your watchful siblings are the editors perched on your lamp shade, magnifying glasses poised to catch your mistakes.