widowed
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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
According to the US House of Representatives in 2025, 45 widowed women have directly succeeded their late husbands in Congress - 38 in the House and eight in the Senate.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
I know a recently widowed 85-year-old who liked living in a gated community in South Florida for residents 55 and up.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
He worked on other men’s boats as strenuously as his slowly healing body would let him, eking out a meager living for himself and his widowed mother.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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