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Her mother is an 83-year-old churchgoing widow who walks with a cane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In court documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal, the widow, Wathén-Fayed, disputed the veracity of the claims made by some of Al Fayed’s victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

In Syria's first post-Assad parliament, women lawmakers stand out more for their diversity than their numbers: a famous actress, a Christian engineer, a Kurdish leader and the widow of a hardline Islamist commander.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

The paper says police officer Andrew Harper's widow has called the plans, which will not exclude prisoners such as Harper's killers, "disgusting".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The enigma then was explained: this affable and kind little widow was no great dame; but a dependent like myself.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Yet many of these widows, daughters, and other female successors were also savvy political operators, leaving behind genuine legislative legacies or winning office in their own right.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

They are part of a larger group of 34 believed to include wives, widows and children of IS fighters.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Thousands of widows and widowers have been short-changed of their Social Security payments as a result of blunders by the Social Security Administration, a government watchdog has revealed.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

Changes in tax policy in intervening years allowed widows and widowers to access their spouses’ unused exemptions and now the more generous exemptions make it worth revisiting these trusts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026

Its purpose was to help members who were destitute and to provide care for widows and fatherless children.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Like the Brontës, the Draydens are the eccentric daughters of a widowed curate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

Mercury, a large Los Angeles-based insurer, charged the highest differential, though it offered lower rates to widowed motorists with 34 or more years of driving experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In England and Wales, campaign groups hope the proposals could make life easier for those who are widowed or trapped in abusive relationships.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He glanced at the dead face one more time, and then with widowed sedateness he opened the door that led out into the hospital corridor.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

In 2015 she became a symbol of heartbreaking grief when Goldberg died while working out on vacation, widowing her with two children as she continued to help run one of the world’s best-known companies.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

Compared with other singletons, people who were single as a result of divorce or widowing had a three times and six times greater risk, respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now he learnt that not only had she thwarted his schemes against Monmouth, but had deprived him of the ardently sought felicity of widowing her.

From Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini

Sooba was gratified by the performance of the widowing ceremonies; he felt to a certain degree revenged upon his unfortunate nephew.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

He kept continually in his hand a polished, oval, white carnelian, the gift of his widowing love, and at times it seemed his only consolation, the only thing left him in this world clearly tangible.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various