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father-in-law

[fah-ther-in-law] / ˈfɑ ðər ɪnˌlɔ /




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He has visited with the president on numerous occasions and his father-in-law, Ronald Lauder, is a longtime friend of Trump.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Bowen, 29, is a crowd favourite and his father-in-law is actor and celebrity West Ham fan Danny Dyer.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

My late father-in-law loved orchids, and in his decadeslong passion he built and maintained two large greenhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

“Sabbir doesn’t want to share with us information about the situation,” said his father-in-law, Kutub Uddin Biswas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

In the afternoon he would go have coffee with José Arcadio and Rebeca, who had begun to put their house in order, and from seven o'clock on he would play dominoes with his father-in-law.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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