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sister

[sis-ter] / ˈsɪs tər /
NOUN
female sibling
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Arabella Pepper, the younger sister of Sir Ranulph's late first wife Ginny, told BBC Newsnight that she had not been able to see her former brother-in-law for over a year.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Her sister Darlene and I were by her side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“The product made in China has so many little things that are better than we can do here,” said Chief Operating Officer Kerry Addis, Jonathan’s sister and fellow co-owner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

My sister always chooses places where it’s cheapest for her to fly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Once again I had the feeling that this sister with whom I had spent all my life belonged somehow to another order of beings.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

As soon as they begin to wonder, the Holbrooke sisters — almost imperceptibly — begin to drift apart before snapping back in place.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

He had stayed with his wife and sisters to look after their animals.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

As Barb watched more of her sisters repeat the same hair-raising behaviors, she grew too scared to learn the results of her own genetic test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Warning has been shaking the walls of L.A. theaters since the group first landed in the city eight years ago — but this year feels especially monumental for the sisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The spirits had brought the Fox sisters a long way from the dirt roads of Hydesville.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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