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Remember how Ted’s inability to get over Michelle in previous seasons coincided with the very public, acrimonious conflict between the show’s star and his ex?
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Above all, Swanberg is interested in one strand of this knotty dilemma: how an ex turns from trash to treasure the minute someone else claims them from the dumpster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Laura Overdeck arrived on the scene at one point and told cops she wanted her soon-to-be ex gone, the Post reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
In Susan's case, financial investigators at the CMS found her ex had the money to pay.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I’m still fantasizing that a deus ex machina will descend from the heavens to resolve the situation.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
He established that Natalie's dog River was a puppy of her ex- boyfriend's dog and that the former couple had, for a time, lived together in her Silverwood Green home.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
“What lamentable comments from the ex- president!” tweeted Luis Carlos Ugalde, who served as president of Mexico’s Federal Election Institute during part of Fox’s presidential term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
An ex- commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army was also sanctioned.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2023
He wants to analyze which advanced-placement classes the seniors took, their standardized test scores, ex- tracurriculars, and GPAs to figure out what he needs to do to get into Harvard.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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