sister-in-law
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Hivsa Walid, her newborn niece and sister-in-law were in the ward next door.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
My grandmother now wants to revise her will to include my sister, her five great-grandchildren, my sister-in-law, and me.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
For instance, Mr. Nichols tells us early on that Hawthorne’s sister-in-law, Elizabeth Peabody, coined the word “transcendentalism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I’ve become really close with my sister-in-law, and almost every Sunday, we meet for what we call “tea time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Outside, he saw the fire’s glare, but “thought nothing of it” even though his sister-in-law lived in that direction.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
BBC Urdu's Tarhub Asghar met two sisters-in-law, both nine months pregnant.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
She exchanged postcards with former sisters-in-law and her first husband’s second wife.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
Keona’s mother, Rochelle, whispered to her sisters-in-law in Filipino.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Moreno's wife, one of their daughters, two of his brothers and two sisters-in-law are also among those allegedly connected to the case, Salazar said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2023
Patti starts pointing out faces and naming my father's cousins and their sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers and brothers-in-law.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
