sister-in-law
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Six of Tamang's relatives - his mother, elder brother and sister-in-law and three of their children - are gone, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
She was also Chiang’s sister-in-law, and though the two shared few political convictions, the family connection protected Soong even though she supported the couple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Your sister-in-law could have nominated you in her will without having you sign anything.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’ve become really close with my sister-in-law, and almost every Sunday, we meet for what we call “tea time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bayard, who was married to Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena, had been very close to his sister-in-law; they had enjoyed spending time together, reading novels, riding horses, and discussing philosophy and law.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
She exchanged postcards with former sisters-in-law and her first husband’s second wife.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
"My father, my brother, my sisters-in-law and my friends are gone," says Delfino.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Soboroff had a sobering message for one of two sisters-in-law who were also at the house: “I think we gotta go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Stuck, uncomfortably, in the middle, is Sasha, the middle-class New England girl who has married their brother, Cord, and, despite all signs to the contrary, is referred to as “the Gold Digger” by her sisters-in-law.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 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
