brother-in-law
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Jung Da-kyung, a law student, recalls a female friend asking her brother-in-law, an SK Hynix employee, to be introduced to someone at the chip maker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Andre, who did not give his last name, told AFP from the US city of Miami that his brother-in-law was in the Vallarta building in Playa Grande.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Daniel Powers, Cancro’s brother-in-law, got around $30 million at that time, while Phillip Sivolobov, Cancro’s stepson, received total compensation of approximately $50 million.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Word spread that Sillie’s missing brother-in-law had sent a cellphone text message: “We are trapped, help.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“My brother-in-law has diabetes. Who knew cats could get it too?”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
During the Civil War her brother George was a surgeon at a Confederate hospital, while three half-brothers and four brothers-in-law all supported the Confederacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Urfan's Pakistan-based family have taken Jhelum police to court twice, accusing them of detaining several of Urfan's brothers and brothers-in-law illegally.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
That’s when one of my brothers-in-law had to have surgery, to have some tumors removed in his brain.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
While he was incarcerated, Theodora divorced him; she and their seven kids moved in with one of his brothers-in-law.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023
Patti starts pointing out faces and naming my father's cousins and their sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers and brothers-in-law.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
