marital
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“All of a sudden you might find out that the assets you thought existed, the marital pot that you thought was of one value, might be substantially less.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
It seems as if her parents were perpetually fighting their own marital war of attrition, eventually divorcing in the 1970s after their children had all moved out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Before Ngatikaura’s divorce filing, the pair’s marital struggles had become public.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
"My marriage had collapsed and I was leaving my marital home. I thought the band must be part of someone else's wedding procession. I was really surprised when I discovered that it was for me."
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Killjoy style manuals tell writers to avoid alliteration, but good prose is enlivened with moments of poetry, like this line with its pleasing meter and its impish pairing of marital and medical.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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