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My ex and I had no children together, and after the divorce we had absolutely no contact.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
James suffers a health scare that puts him in a coma for six days; Roland faces the ethical dilemma of beginning a relationship with his friend’s ex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Also the movie is saying sometimes it's better not to stay in the relationship," said Wilde, who has two children with her ex, actor Jason Sudeikis, and dated singer Harry Styles.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She told me her ex was a public defender, and he had shared stories about the lives people carry beneath the facts of their cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
The five included two key figures from the Jeremy Corbyn era – ex- director of communications Seumas Milne and Mr Corbyn’s former chief of staff Karie Murphy.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
The iHeartMedia release added that the ex- “GMA” personalities — who have since been replaced — will work together on additional iHeartPodcasts programming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The mother was an ex- girlfriend and was living with another man when Morris found out she was pregnant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England?
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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