wife
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Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to Leading the Future last September, and had committed to contributing another $25 million in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I had my wife with me and Sven came over gave her a peck on the cheek - she wasn't aware of who it was until I told her later that evening."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Emmy winner Chad Lowe and his family are mourning the loss of Fiona, the second daughter the “Life Goes On” actor shares with wife Kim Painter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Gertsle came with his wife and three children from a city inside Israel, but grew up in a settlement of the northern West Bank and had protested the closing of Ganim as a teenager.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Kate Fox had brought his wife back from the dead.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Prove your skills by playing today’s quiz, with questions about King Henry VIII’s wives, U.S. vice presidents, the French Revolution, and more.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
The ingredients—lumpen husbands; wives that look like overripe supermodels; enough Spandex for Christo to have wrapped the Cooperstown Hall of Fame—are all predictably and obviously engineered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And though the stars dominate the plot and are fun to watch, it’s the kids, wives and sundry minor characters who bring the series to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The pair shook hands and posed for photographs alongside their wives outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Finally, in early 1958, the CIA agreed to let the U-2 pilots’ wives join them at their base—Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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"I'm sore offended in the lad I'm wifed to."
From Blind Man's Lantern by George Luther Schelling
From her perspective, all-powerful cosmic beings have no business wifing up with mortals.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025