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husband

[huhz-buhnd] / ˈhʌz bənd /


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A Florida husband representing himself in his divorce, who used AI, filed at least 145 motions, then sent an appeals court 45 AI-generated pages and an 863-page appendix explaining himself, according to court records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In her victim impact statement at the sentencing hearing, Mr Mullins' wife of 27 years, Sarah, said her husband had been her "safety net".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

We have $200,000 in his Roth and my husband has $600,000 in his IRA.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Raman attended Harvard University, where she met her future husband, Vali Chandrasekaran, graduating in 2003 with a degree in social studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

She won’t think about what’s been left in the Philippines, including her daughter and husband.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Other members, including women, said wives were happier with the idea of their husbands whiling away the hours in a men-only environment rather than a mixed bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"About 60% of husbands and wives in the sample said they exercised, but only about a third exercised together," Yorgason said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Abdullahi spoke about growing up Muslim and the tradition of women showing respect for their husbands and male family members by cooking for them and serving them first.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Suvorova writes about girls in school accusing her mother of being a gold digger, intentionally choosing rich boyfriends that would eventually become rich husbands while they lived in poverty and couch surfed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

We wander to the dance stages, filled with pairs: husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, siblings, friends.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

As it is, I like to think of Dr. Lecter in his Maple Leafs warm-up jersey, losing his carefully husbanded gourmet meal to the little boy.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

But he seemed diffident about them when we spoke and finally admitted that since the pandemic began all of his carefully husbanded nervousness has been consumed by life rather than work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2020

From there to the line, she husbanded her lead like someone who had been doing it all her life.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2018

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

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

He lacks a strategy for husbanding his domestic political capital, without which he will be remembered mainly as an interruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

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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