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jilt

[jilt] / dʒɪlt /


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Trying to remain friends ruined Jack’s marriage and made Alice jilt another man at the altar.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2024

As of Lincoln Riley leaving Oklahoma for Southern California and Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame for LSU, the jilt doesn’t care who you are anymore.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2021

Every time you are tempted to respond, look at your fiancé—the one who didn’t jilt you and lie to you.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2019

It was a hell of a way to snatch a late equaliser, set a wonderful record and convince José Mourinho he could finally jilt an over-the-hill hero.

From The Guardian May 22, 2017

Tell me, Kay, how much you have sold the jilt Bessy for.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

Then she watches as he jilts her for Julie Andrews’s Maria, a 19-year-old wannabe nun who runs around wearing drapes.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2020

In “Queen,” the female lead takes a European “honeymoon” by herself after her fiance jilts her.

From Washington Times Apr. 27, 2017

The film stars Jill Clayburgh as a thirtysomething gallerist, wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when her stockbroker husband jilts her for a younger woman.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2014

San Diego State jilts Big East, staying in Mountain West San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West and backing out on the Big East — just like Boise State did last month.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2013

"If he jilts you——" "Impossible," Ethel cried heroically.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

In 2018, a judge awarded a jilted husband almost $9 million, after he alleged that another man lured his wife away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

FBI agent Ron Elder, now retired, was working the case out of Topeka, Kan., and said he located the Doyles with the help of a jilted girlfriend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

They also included twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of crypto platform Gemini, who were made famous as jilted investors in the movie "The Social Network" about the birth of Facebook.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

Twice jilted, Rangers are putting out the notion that they might still get back together sometime in the future.

From BBC Oct. 12, 2025

Throughout his career, if he felt like taking a day off, he’d just pack up and go, leaving his exasperated agent and jilted trainers hunting for him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

They make a likable pair as they set out to solve the mystery of a jilting.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

Within a decade of his death, Angelenos were jilting horseflesh contests for horsepower.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2022

“Amazon’s hiring spree is concentrated in Seattle,” this newspaper reported, adding that this is a “degree of rebuke” to the idea the company is jilting us over the payroll tax.

From Seattle Times Sep. 4, 2021

Killebrew and Allison took the Twins to the World Series in 1965, while Senators 2.0 had one winning season before again jilting the city and moving to Texas in 1972.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2018

If I do, she’s going to raise merry heck because I read that letter about the fellow jilting her.

From Across the Mesa by Henry Clarence Pitz




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