wives

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Similar checks soon came from John’s older brothers and their wives, and from other boldface names of San Francisco society: the Schwabs of finance, the Swigs of real estate, the Pritzkers of hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

There were too many well-born women in Ebel’s flock, the unhappy wives of landowners and aristocrats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Mostly it was police officers and their wives who went there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Mustafa Ibrahim al-Sayed, 50, said he never leaves the school compound where he has taken refuge with his two wives and their 11 children.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

While the wives of diplomats, legislators, and members of Washington’s cabinet visited or entertained Martha Washington, Ona would meet with their servants, some of them free black people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis