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sister-in-law

[sis-ter-in-law] / ˈsɪs tər ɪnˌlɔ /




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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

Hivsa Walid told the BBC she was inside the hospital when the fire broke out, with her sister-in-law who had given birth in the days before.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Your sister-in-law could have nominated you in her will without having you sign anything.

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

Daisy Soros, wife of the harbor designer Paul Soros and sister-in-law of the financier George Soros, has been coming to Nantucket since the 1960s, an era when few women, new money or old, dressed up.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

I saw my wife and one of my sisters-in-law being swept away, followed by my elder brother.

From BBC Jun. 15, 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




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