spouse
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Annie isn’t the first military spouse to be detained.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
If your spouse is retired, here’s your chance to work together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Appearing on Fox40 News last year, Becerra likened the criminal case to being “married for 20 years” and “all of a sudden you find out that your spouse has been cheating.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Social Security comes with a survivorship clause, meaning that when the spouse getting the higher Social Security payments dies, the surviving spouse can trade up and get the higher of the two payments.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Just because you divorce someone legally doesn’t mean they are no longer your spouse.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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