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Prosecutors said Ebert and the elder Yates exchanged words after the suspect blew his horn and shouted obscenities at the septuagenarian victim’s daughter and son-in-law while in the driveway of a residential property.—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026 Diplomacy has been handed over to the president’s real-estate friend Steven Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, neither of whom know the first thing about war.—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026 It’s been over two years since Mark Cuban sold his majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson and her son-in-law, Patrick Dumont.—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026 Redemptive suffering Shared sorrow is a key part of Iran’s Twelver Shiite identity, which venerates the Prophet Muhammad’s family through daughter Fatima and cousin and son-in-law, Ali.—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for son-in-law