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father-in-law

[fah-ther-in-law] / ˈfɑ ðər ɪnˌlɔ /




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He has visited with the president on numerous occasions and his father-in-law, Ronald Lauder, is a longtime friend of Trump.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Dean Buntrock was happily selling life insurance in Boulder, Colo., in 1956 when the death of his father-in-law thrust him into a very different business: hauling garbage in Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Some of the building's residents are "still homeless", as well as Haycock's 87- year-old father-in-law, who has terminal cancer.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

At Materiales El Valle, a local tile supplier, the ICE crackdown has resulted in $5.3 million in lost sales, said Luis Rodriguez, who manages the company his father-in-law started four decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

And he has been considering the example of his future father-in-law, Daniel Chalmers, a Baptist missionary to the Philippines who ended up building power plants there and making a small fortune.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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