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
She was also Chiang’s sister-in-law, and though the two shared few political convictions, the family connection protected Soong even though she supported the couple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
My sister-in-law had become close to a new friend — her tenant — and had decided this person would be a better choice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 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
His sister-in-law was still distraught over the loss of her children, and grew even more agitated when they passed a wagon loaded with frightened children.
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
Still, she and her husband and brothers- and sisters-in-law believed that God had a plan for them, even now, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Stuck, uncomfortably, in the middle, is Sasha, the middle-class New England girl who has married their brother, Cord, and, despite all signs to the contrary, is referred to as “the Gold Digger” by her sisters-in-law.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 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
