brother-in-law

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"I'd always wanted to do a practical job, and my brother-in-law had just gone through the training for a train driver and said, 'why don't you try it?'."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

"It is not our obligation, but our duty," the 33-year-old, whose brother-in-law was released after more than two years in Russian detention, said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

He was in Belgrade with Albarn shooting the second video from “Cracker Island” when he received a call from his brother-in-law, who said that Amo had just had a stroke.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Mohammed Al-Saleh, a brother-in-law of Jordan’s king, separately obtained a $28.8 million judgment against Sargeant for allegedly being cut out of the Iraq contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

To the brother-in-law, these sounds were meaningless, and he was most impressed at the blind man’s ability to understand the bush although it must have been for him one great darkness.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith