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wife

[wahyf] / waɪf /


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His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson denies five charges of aiding and abetting his alleged offending.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

I recently watched the movie again at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with my wife and younger daughter, who’s in college now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

For example, what effect would withdrawing an additional $2,200 a month from your portfolio have over the next 25 years if it allowed your wife to delay claiming Social Security?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"It is with deep sadness that my family and I announce the passing of my husband, Charlie Dalin, following a long illness," his wife Perrine Le Pape said in a message to AFP on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He had never married—not here, which wasn’t unusual because of the lack of women, but he hadn’t gone back to China for a wife either.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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