marriage
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He spent nearly 500,000 yuan trying to find his son a wife through a "flash marriage" agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
More recently, the fight for marriage equality in Obergefell and even gun rights in Heller.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Workers at Samsung and fellow Korean chip maker SK Hynix were forever a step behind the country’s lawyers, doctors and accountants as marriage material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Just months into the marriage, debt collectors started calling, alleging she owed them money.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A fixed clock with a promise of lifetime repair brought us some dishes from an old woman who had a wedding set from her first marriage that her second husband didn’t like.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
"There's a huge market for flash marriages in China. It only really emerged over the last two or three years," he told us.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“No” to the Hollywood Bowl, where a concerto lasts longer than most L.A. marriages, “no” to hiking in Fryman Canyon and certainly “no” to ballroom dancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
When it comes to relatability and authenticity, perhaps no better example of the differences between the two men can be seen in their marriages.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The three-judge panel issued a ruling that allows same-sex marriages to take place.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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