widowed
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See: I’m 65, widowed and collecting Social Security survivor benefits.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
And he puts his money where his mouth is, with the Mohamed Salah Charity Foundation, in Nagrig, helping orphans, divorced and widowed women, the poor and sick.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
As “The Things We Never Say” begins, Artie is saying goodbye to a widowed friend who is moving to Ohio to be close to her daughter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Mitford, suddenly widowed and with an infant daughter, found work in Washington, D.C., at the Office of Price Administration, pursuing violators of wartime regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
She was widowed, she was thirty-seven, and she was to become what he had termed an informal housekeeper.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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