Cousins

Mary and Jane are cousins.

The editor and the publisher are both my cousins.

The Smiths are our cousins.

George has two cousins; one lives in Germany and the other in Switzerland.

First cousins are too close for marriage.

We are cousins.

My cousins are coming in a few days.

The cousins are similar in appearance but widely different in character.

Those two boys are cousins.

I have three cousins.

[T]he grounded fieldmen, the trainers and the case officers who made their own murmured caucus always – they saw the question solely in operational terms. […] They saw the shotgun marriage with the Cousins as just another skilful bit of tradecraft in a long and delicate poker game.