divorce
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“War,” premiering Thursday on HBO, is the satisfying story of a divorce, or rather the prelude to a divorce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sophia Bush talks infertility, divorce and relationship with soccer star Ashlyn Harris in a new essay: ‘I have never operated out of more integrity in my life.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
I did not know then that when I started sixth grade, I would be living in the state of divorce and New York.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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After two humiliating divorces, Opal has made the salvation of her oafish children her primary concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
I think a lot of us feel like we grew up with Hilary, so all of her music resonated with us then, and now, now that we’re older, through relationships or divorces or motherhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It's a sizeable sum to part with when divorces can be expensive.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
After the Pacheco case and up until this Joe Mondragon thing, Bloom had once again comfortably immersed himself in the endless petty squabbles, divorces, and mundane litigations of the poor people of Chamisa County.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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The following year, Wagner got divorced and ended up with sole ownership of the home.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Linigers and their inner circle began working so obsessively, seven days a week, that, “every officer in the place that first year ended up being divorced within 10 years,” Dave explained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cole was married twice – first to playwright and theatrical fight director Henry Marshall, whom she divorced in 1988.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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
She was divorced, and she wrote romance novels.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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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
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
Sometimes, divorcing couples clash over who gets the car or the house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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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