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father-in-law

[fah-ther-in-law] / ˈfɑ ðər ɪnˌlɔ /




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So is her father-in-law, who has diabetes and is recovering from colon cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Kushner’s, on the other hand, is primarily influenced by his alleged business savvy; like his father-in-law, he sees everything through the lens of a win-win real estate deal.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Question #3: She has three accounts that are not part of the trust: two IRAs and a small life-insurance account established when my father-in-law died years ago.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

At one point, he accused his former father-in-law, the senator, of continuing “to fund and enable his daughter’s malicious campaign to ruin my life despite his knowledge of her mental health issues.”

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Billy’s father-in-law laughed and laughed at that, and he begged the quartet to sing the other Polish song he liked so much.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Fathers, fathers-in-law, and brothers of current Royals players and staff travel with the group.

From Washington Times Jun. 6, 2023

Each of the sons’ fathers-in-law also had accounts at the bank worth millions of dollars, as did other businessmen linked to the Mubaraks, whom Egyptian authorities tried on corruption charges.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2022

About 35 to 40 percent of Purush Spandana will be purchased by women, who hope that by casually leaving a copy around the house, their husbands, fathers-in-law or sons may give it a glance.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2012

And Paul finally realizes that his office/apartment/mole cave of blurry boundaries, provocative teenagers and angry fathers-in-law from exotic complicated countries, does not, right now, feel like the best place to raise a 12-year-old.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2010

Ten years later people still dwelt on the magnificent hospitality they had received, and held Kumodini Babu up as a model to fathers-in-law.

From Tales of Bengal by S. B. Banerjea




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