widowed
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I am widowed and have no intention of remarrying.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Today’s historically low tax rates could vanish, and the benefit of joint filing will disappear if you’re widowed and filing single.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
At the funeral, alongside Prince William, will be the widowed Queen Sonja, members of the Norwegian royal family including new King Haakon VIII, and other European royals.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Katja, a widowed cleaning lady, lives with her 26-year-old daughter, Ines, and her slightly younger son, Mario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Antonina Bondareva, the young widowed pilot in the 125th Guards who’d left her toddler with her husband’s family, had to struggle after the war to get her sister-in-law to give back her now seven-year-old daughter.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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