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Recent Examples of bigamy
Section 241 in Mississippi's state constitution specifies 10 felonies—murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy—for which a conviction will result in a person losing their right to vote.
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Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
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More than 70 years ago, Arizona took an aggressive step to crack down on polygamy with a mass arrest in Colorado City whose effects are still felt today.Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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The raid drove polygamy in fundamentalist Mormon communities further underground and allowed people like Warren Jeffs to rally followers by using their fear of the government.Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Milestones were squibs about births, deaths, and marriages, bits of information culled from newspapers and the wire services.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Lopez and Affleck would later call off their engagement, blaming too much media attention, going on to separate relationships and marriages before rekindling their romance two decades later.Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
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His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
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Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
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This equally applies to the practice of polyandry.Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 June 2021
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Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
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In episode four, the Sea Snake refuses to show him any affection, and blocks his rise up the ranks, simply because he was born out of wedlock.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Alfonsina, who fell pregnant by a colleague and had the child outside of wedlock.Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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