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marry

[mar-ee, mer-ee] / ˈmær i, ˈmɛr i /


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She knew she would marry him the first time they met.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Rhoad was killed a few months before he was set to marry.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Over the years, Steinem had longstanding romantic relationships with a number of men but vowed never to marry or have children.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

For most of her life, however, Steinem declined to marry until 2000, when she married David Bale, the father of actor Christian Bale.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

By all accounts, he made his wife a deathbed promise that he would never marry again.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

So you get a track like Where Do We Go, which marries a sashaying Afrobeats rhythm to a hypnotic electronic pulse.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Lawson marries frozen peas and shredded Little Gem lettuce in her version of petits pois à la française, or French-style peas.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

So of course there is this heightened interest in who America’s son marries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

According to the listing, the 22-foot-wide property marries “traditional English charm, modern Brooklyn sensibilities, and rich Italian influence.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

“So—it may happen in Lublin that a Jewish girl marries for love,” said Shifre.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

She is also a model who married another model, Lucky Blue Smith, and regularly serves up a curated fantasy of ridiculous from-scratch culinary creations, all made for the love of Lucky and her four children.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

They had met at a walking club, and married on 1 March 2024.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

They fell in love and married years later: “It’s like our dads wanted us to be together,” Coombs says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

You might find munis to be attractive even if you are in the 24% federal income-tax bracket, which is $105,701 to $201,775 for married joint filers.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

“Wow, Papi, I didn’t know all this. I’m sure glad you made it here and married Mami!”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Boulter has had plenty to celebrate in her personal life this summer after marrying Australia's Alex de Minaur, the world number seven, in July.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

That would be her first acting gig since the end of “Suits” and marrying into the royal family.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

But however perfect the name, it has nothing to do with some genius of a marketer marrying the then-new rock-’n’-roll craze with the old Victrola record player brand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Simpson said he had begun to “put the puzzle pieces together,” marrying concepts with lessons learned watching Stafford and Bennett.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“Caroline should not marry a man if that man wants to be noble by marrying Caroline.”

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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