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Examples
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While visiting at Thanksgiving, my son, who'd stumbled while playing, ran straight past her to seek comfort within his stepmother's embrace.
Crai S. Bower: Flying Blind: Entering Enemy Territory to Do What (You Think) is Right Crai S. Bower 2011
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It came to light when he was a boy and was found trying on his stepmother's stockings.
The Slow Crack-Up Allan Massie 2011
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Maybe there would even be a plus, I thought, accompanied by a handful of other praises that could be mentally replayed whenever my stepmother's stiff remarks over the latest forgotten chore, forsaken dish, or lunch money request compromised the feeble armor of my blankets.
Velcro Shoes, a Cardboard Computer, and Other Signs of Brilliance Casey McGrath 2011
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If the gain after private residence relief is more than £10,100 tax will have to be paid either at 18% or 28% depending on your stepmother's top rate of income tax on the taxable gain less £10,100.
How does capital gains tax and the three-year rule work? 2011
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No, the wicked stepmother's was Grandpa's father's.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
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Ms. Miller's stepmother's claim included breach of privacy and misuse of private information.
Phone-Hacking Suits Against News Corp. Rise Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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The pro-Lizzie camp is ensconced at the Fall River Historical Society, housed in an ivy-laced mansion, and the premier repository for Borden-memorabilia, including the hatchet found in her cellar and the stepmother's braided hairpiece in a glass case.
Some in Lizzie Borden's Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack Jennifer Levitz 2011
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A good example in my book is Thomas's evidence that his mother's murderers returned to his home to kill him a week before his stepmother's trial and mentioned her name while they were there.
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If the house were sold before your stepmother's death, the gain would be calculated as the sale price less the cost of the house when she acquired it, or its value at 31 March 1982 if this was later.
How does capital gains tax and the three-year rule work? 2011
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This situation did not have to escalate to this crisis level if the family therapist was more sensitive to the stepmother's needs.
Rachelle Katz: How Stepmothers Can Find a Good Therapist 2010
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