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  • By the way, my older step-sister and my niece are Mormons, so I have some direct familiarity with the religion

    Matthew Yglesias » Beck vs Social Justice 2010

  • The impetus to a new chapter in her life was provided inadvertently by her step-sister.

    Biography 2010

  • After the funeral for my mother's step-mother several years ago, we went to my mother's step-sister's house where the table legs were shaking under the weight of more food than even this large, grieving crowd could ever have eaten.

    Miranda Levenstein: Finding Comfort in a Kugel Miranda Levenstein 2011

  • It turns out that her step-dad is old enough to be her grandfather and her 18-year-old step-sister is just another “adult” that Billie is not thrilled to all of a sudden be living with.

    Billie & The Parent Plan « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2009

  • After the funeral for my mother's step-mother several years ago, we went to my mother's step-sister's house where the table legs were shaking under the weight of more food than even this large, grieving crowd could ever have eaten.

    Miranda Levenstein: Finding Comfort in a Kugel Miranda Levenstein 2011

  • After the funeral for my mother's step-mother several years ago, we went to my mother's step-sister's house where the table legs were shaking under the weight of more food than even this large, grieving crowd could ever have eaten.

    Miranda Levenstein: Finding Comfort in a Kugel Miranda Levenstein 2011

  • The words "step-sister" brings to mind the spiteful harridan of the Cinderella fairytale.

    Friends who became stepsisters 2011

  • His exploration of that hot summer night in Duluth goes in parallel with exploring his own childhood experiences (his own father was also jailed, for raping his step-sister) and teasing out the unspoken parts of his own family's history.

    February Books 13) The Coming of the Queen, by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett nwhyte 2009

  • Watson will play the female lead, Samantha, the step-sister of protagonist Charlie, played by Logan Lerman.

    Emma Watson Lines Up Post-Harry Potter Projects 2011

  • After the funeral for my mother's step-mother several years ago, we went to my mother's step-sister's house where the table legs were shaking under the weight of more food than even this large, grieving crowd could ever have eaten.

    Miranda Levenstein: Finding Comfort in a Kugel Miranda Levenstein 2011

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