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adultery

[uh-duhl-tuh-ree] / əˈdʌl tə ri /


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Directed by André Gregory, the writer’s latest sees a four-person cast delivering long passages that together tell a familiar story of love, ennui and adultery.

From The Wall Street Journal

She later accused him of adultery again leading to Kimberley trying to barricade herself in a room.

From BBC

In July 2025, Mrs. Paxton filed for divorce “on biblical grounds,” meaning adultery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gbagbo hit back at her husband - through her lawyer, she accused Laurent of "blatant and well-known adultery" and "abandonment of the marital home".

From BBC

In her divorce filing, Senator Paxton alleged that her husband had committed adultery, listing it as the “grounds for divorce.”

From Salon