wedlock
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"We were only together just a few short times, and I'd never told my family but at 17 I became pregnant out of wedlock."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“If we see that 70% of households are raising children out of wedlock, that means 30% are not,” Mr. Woodson once told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Hamilton was born out of wedlock on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
In 1901 they had a child out of wedlock, a daughter, who was discreetly put up for adoption.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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