divorce
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His marriage to Wendy Neuss, who had been a “Next Generation” producer, in 2000, also ended in divorce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
A few years ago, Georgia Chappels found herself in a 'financial crisis' after going through a divorce.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
At the time, she was raising seven children -- she later had more -- while going through a divorce.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
You abide by the divorce laws in your state, even if your spouse presents as a completely different person offering love, security, family and a future.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dividing up my time was part of the divorce settlement.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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Ms. Carvajal and Ms. Ostler, both journalists, track the marriages, divorces, Catholic conversions, births and deaths of various family members against the backdrop of a vanishing way of life and impending disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Robach and Holmes both finalized their divorces in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
There are also obvious risks if he dies prematurely, becomes ill or divorces.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Birthdays and divorces are celebrated with equal aplomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
O’Neill listened carefully while I went through Jesse’s story: his family’s involvement in a religious cult when he was young, the three divorces he’d lived through, his father’s illness.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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She was briefly married to Ralph Head, at age 20, then married and divorced Ventura Huerta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
They share two children — daughter Sunshine and son Harmony — and divorced in 1977.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Their father and I are divorced, and the divorce was far from amicable.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Loveless, who has since died, is the mother of Meghan's half-siblings Samantha Markle and Thomas Markle Jr. Loveless divorced Markle in 1975 before he married the Duchess' mother Doria Ragland in 1979.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Otto's unmarried colleagues looked around the room, trying to single out the recently divorced sister they'd heard so much about.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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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
“Yes, Tom and I are divorcing, and it is extremely sad,” she said, beginning to cry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
According to the law offices of Christopher Le, divorcing for the sole purpose of obtaining benefits may be viewed as an attempt to manipulate the system.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 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
“Your husband was offered his freedom and his farm back—” My heart leapt! “—if he proved his loyalty to El Jefe by divorcing his Mirabal wife.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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