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husband

[huhz-buhnd] / ˈhʌz bənd /


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Her future husband, Joseph, survived in the nearby woods for nearly three years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Jane Baxter, whose home backs on to the golf course, said she and her husband had only minutes to collect essential belongings before being told to leave.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

We sat and chatted about marriage, my possibly newfound feelings around it, her separation from her own husband, and dear God, how insufferable the L.A. heat wave was becoming.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘My husband and I are at odds’: Should we tap our home equity or sell stocks to build a $100,000 emergency fund?

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Her husband was Derek, and their two sons were Marcus and Javari.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Discounted food and drinks, and one of my friend’s husbands acts as an Uber driver.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

But over the years, 41 women directly followed their deceased husbands into the lower chamber.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Though his wife and I had been in the same women’s book group, I’d known Eric only through the wry gripes we’d all made about our husbands.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

“It was customary for Lakota wives and mothers to hand weapons to their husbands and sons. And they had a saying that gave them encouragement and reminded them of their duty as warriors.”

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

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

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

Instead, he husbanded it, and Russia grew rich.

From The Guardian Feb. 22, 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

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

She had been husbanding her own misery, shaping it, making of it an art and a Way.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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