divorce
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Patsy Wilcox had reluctantly agreed to a divorce after Rantzen became pregnant, and Rantzen and Wilcox went on to marry in 1977.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
I’ve heard that money is the No. 1 cause of divorce, and I don’t want that to happen to us.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Jeff Maiorca filed for divorce in Los Angeles County in 2004, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Barker describes her impending split as “a slow untangling, a divorce in the stages before the paperwork is filed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
My mom never let anyone come over toward the end of my parents’ divorce.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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Birthdays and divorces are celebrated with equal aplomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I’ve also heard from various people telling me their whole financial picture, down to the pennies in their accounts, and the ins and outs of their divorces, estate fights and bad relationships with financial professionals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
It's a sizeable sum to part with when divorces can be expensive.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The movie kicks off as a casual portrait of the vacant nouveau riche lifestyles of the mini-oligarchs: fancy dinners, divorces, bathroom gossip.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
I would like to let the record show that Ali and Shohreh probably had the most amicable divorce in the history of divorces.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Her parents divorced during her early childhood, and Navarrette remembers first telling her mother she wanted to be an actress around age 5.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
She is divorced and has two adult children in their early 20s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rosen and his first wife, Alexandra, had two sons—Jeffrey and Eric—before they divorced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"We measured outcomes like whether someone became employed or unemployed, whether they got married or divorced, and standard indicators of mental health," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jennifer is not the reason my parents got divorced.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Finally, the Sun splashes on the marriage breakup of Katie Price and her "conman hubby", as the paper puts it, with: "Katie: I'm divorcing you, Lee."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Right now there’s a lot of talk about divorcing your parents going around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bill Eddy, a longtime conflict resolution specialist, also describes relationship dynamics between siblings that can be similar to a divorcing couple trying to make it work for the kids.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The story I co-wrote with Dalvin was about the unexpected possessions that divorcing couples clash over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Abuelita said that Papá was divorcing Mamá, but she didn’t mention that he had another woman and two other daughters.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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