widowed
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By 2022, both were widowed and started a relationship.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Among Wonder Project’s recent shows is “It’s Not Like That,” a romance starring Scott Foley as a widowed pastor who falls for a divorced woman played by Erinn Hayes.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
The widowed farmer had, after all, witnessed the accidental death of his wife and child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
I’m a 45-year-old woman and am staying with my widowed mother while I get work done on my home.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
“Of course. And you are widowed? You said you were. My condolences. And this uncle, this kaka, where does he live?”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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