marriage
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Better if still on-the-nose in its representation of the subject being examined are the works that riff on lobola, an exchange of cattle that bonds families related by marriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When a marriage does break up, state laws and judges can be surprisingly unforgiving to the stay-at-home spouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bill and Melinda Gates divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Neill plays the awkward, ignorant Scottish farmer who arranges for a mail-order marriage with Holly Hunter’s mute pianist and then becomes possessive and driven to jealous despair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
As Jackson’s land holdings, fame, and political ambitions grew, so did nasty gossip about Rachel’s first marriage.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
The connections, though, have continued - especially thanks to the number of Scottish-Norwegian marriages, estimated to have been as many as 200.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Over the same 50 years, the share of marriages in which the wife is the sole or primary breadwinner roughly tripled, from about 5% to 16%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
But they all have some of them, and it’s messing up their lives and their jobs and their marriages.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
The 73-year-old king, who has seven children from four marriages, has not announced his chosen heir, though succession rules favour men.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
But in smaller cities and villages, arranged marriages are still the norm, particularly introductions initiated by parents.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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