jilt
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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
Many, many fan bases have felt the jilt at some point.
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
Amos was raised in Maryland, a Led Zeppelin-loving daughter of a minister, and self-taught pianist who would jilt both church and conservatoire to forge her own sound in the 90s: wildly original, taboo-busting piano pop.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 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
The jade jilts us all at times,” drawled Volney, as he raked in his winnings carelessly.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
The competition jilted several companies that didn’t make the cut, leading defense-tech executives to complain to members of Congress and sue the government, separate people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
And that’s what she cant forgive him for: not for the insult, not even for having jilted her: but for being dead.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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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
Even Joe left a year early, jilting Snyder.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2013
But Schonan, who had not recovered from his jilting, kept his behind him, and muttered something incomprehensible.
From The Sign of Flame by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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