sister-in-law
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When they caught wind of the mysterious suitor, Danielle’s mom, sister and sister-in-law each found his LinkedIn page.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Crossover expert Paulo Szot was stylish as Signor Naccarelli, Fabrizio’s father, and Kelly Guerra had a fine Sondheim-esque number as Franca, Fabrizio’s embittered sister-in-law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Her sister-in-law, Millicent Sedra, also spoke and scolded women who expect husbands to share housework.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
On 12 May 2025, a fire was discovered at the entrance of Sir Keir Starmer's property in Kentish Town, north London, which was being rented out to his sister-in-law Judith Alexander.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
“My wife and sister-in-law have heart trouble and I'll assure you had this horrifying program been fatal to either of them the Columbia Company would have had to answer for it.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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
His mother was ill, so one of her sisters-in-law filled out the registration card and submitted it to the city to produce a birth certificate, Didier Optowsky said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
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
