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Emily is my half sister.
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The paintings may have been commissioned by Isabella la Blanche, half sister of the English king Henry III, or her son Maurice.
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Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2025
There, Gretchen meets a strange doctor, Herr König (Dan Stevens, sick and slick), with an interest in birds but also in Gretchen’s mute younger half sister, Alma (Mila Lieu).
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The weirdness of her initial antagonism with Glinda, and later her subservient role with crippled half sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode) — one of the film’s many minority-group tokens — exposes the gimmick of ethnic patronization.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
In January, managers of Prince Legacy filed a new lawsuit alleging that four of Prince’s family members — half sisters Sharon Nelson and Norrine Nelson, Prince’s niece Breanna Nelson and nephew Allen Nelson— improperly attempted to oust the manager from the company, Forbes reported.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2025
There, Gretchen meets a strange doctor, Herr König (Dan Stevens, sick and slick), with an interest in birds but also in Gretchen’s mute younger half sister, Alma (Mila Lieu).
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The weirdness of her initial antagonism with Glinda, and later her subservient role with crippled half sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode) — one of the film’s many minority-group tokens — exposes the gimmick of ethnic patronization.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
In January, managers of Prince Legacy filed a new lawsuit alleging that four of Prince’s family members — half sisters Sharon Nelson and Norrine Nelson, Prince’s niece Breanna Nelson and nephew Allen Nelson— improperly attempted to oust the manager from the company, Forbes reported.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Half sister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20sister. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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