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husband

[huhz-buhnd] / ˈhʌz bənd /


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She said her husband sought treatment at several hospitals and his condition was “repeatedly” misdiagnosed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

He was living with his husband on their dressage farm outside Seattle last year when he got a call from Miss USA’s parent organization, Miss Universe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

They allege that at the time, Clancy sent her husband, Patrick Clancy, out on errands so that he would not be home.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Tucker’s husband went down to her store, Care Tucker, because they thought someone had broken in.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Positive that her new husband wouldn’t last long, she expected to leave her past as an abandoned wife behind and become the respectable widow, Mrs. Calvin Brown, within days.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

In Botswana and South Africa, too, women are desperate for sons and husbands to return from a conflict many say they were duped into joining, as authorities warn recruiters are still active.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The health, safety and well-being of husbands, wives, sons and daughters aren’t secondary considerations to us; they are the bedrock on which every mission rests.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Michelle Obama and Usha Vance were arguably more accomplished than their husbands were at the start of their political careers.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

When the possessive and paranoid Frank Ford runs into Margaret as she’s scurrying to meet his wife, Alice, he pointedly remarks, “I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Bengali husbands and wives don't look directly at each other in the presence of others.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

For centuries the Venetian republic husbanded its natural resources, keeping the lagoon from filling in through sedimentation and protecting its water quality.

From The Guardian Dec. 10, 2019

He married Paula Schwartz in 1983, and with her he tenderly husbanded the land, planting an effusion of flora.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2019

After his parents divorced, Folkert’s mom did yard work and landscaping and cleaned houses to earn money — which she husbanded with care.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2018

Tollett has not only husbanded the landscape; he has branded it.

From The New Yorker Apr. 10, 2017

Wang Lung allowed nothing to be bought and sold after the winter came except what he said, and he husbanded carefully all that they had.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The glimpse reminded voters that Davis, who was husbanding his resources for a late advertising push, was still in the race.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

China did this by building up domestic industries, developing alternative sources for scarce inputs and carefully husbanding its strengths in areas where they saw a chance to seize control.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

Allies allow you to project power while husbanding your own resources.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2025

"The greater risk environment for financials leads to husbanding of capital and risk-taking, less and more conservative investing and lending, and inevitably, lower growth," said Blankfein, who also served as Goldman's chairman, told Reuters.

From Reuters Mar. 20, 2023

Aragorn let them drift with the stream as they wished, husbanding their strength against weariness to come.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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