mother-in-law
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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
Molly signed up for an Elite Caribbean cruise with her mother in February, also taking her husband and mother-in-law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I wear multiple hats for my 93-year-old mother-in-law, who has dementia.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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
