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mother-in-law

[muhth-er-in-law] / ˈmʌð ər ɪnˌlɔ /




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“I’ve missed a lot with my family. I’ve missed every birthday, every anniversary,” said one sailor, adding that he wasn’t able to be home to comfort relatives after the deaths of his aunt and mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Debu Sapkota, a 58-year-old driver, came to post photos of his 83-year-old mother-in-law and granddaughter who went missing in the town of Trishuli Bazaar, swept away by last week's surge.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

And I never saw this coming: She became my mother-in-law.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"She was begging for help," Clancy's former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said of a woman she described as a "very nurturing, very loving" mother.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

I was to play Christina, a young married woman confronting her mother-in-law.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

They teased one another, complained about overbearing mothers-in-law and celebrated milestones, like a daughter’s quinceañera.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Lila Charif, Bahar Tavakolian and Laya Kadjavi, whose mothers and mothers-in-law were also close to mine, drew much inspiration from her in their own cooking.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2024

There, a team led by medical anthropologist Adelaide Lusambili of Africa International University conducted interviews with dozens of pregnant women, new mothers, male partners, mothers-in-law, community health care workers, and community leaders in 2021.

From Science Magazine Sep. 27, 2023

They had all brought their mothers-in-law and children, and even their village friends who were not lucky enough to have overseas Chinese relatives to show off.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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