widow

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Recent Examples of widow For his part, Tommy seems equal parts amused and admiring of the widow. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024 The comedy, about a naive Jewish American princess who enlists in the U.S. Army after becoming a widow on her wedding night, earned the trio an Oscar nomination for original screenplay. Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2024 Evan’s widow, Em (Boyana Balta), became a grief counselor after her husband’s death. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Australian soprano Danielle de Niese plays Hanna, the wealthy widow looking for a new lover. Adrienne Wyper, The Week Uk, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for widow 
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Noun
  • The Flip Off pits Haack and Hall against Tarek and his new wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, for what was supposed to be a light-hearted competition series prior to her split from Hall.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to his wife, Cohen is survived by children Benjamin, Gabriel and Lily Cohen.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On Thursday morning, Mrs. Obama’s spokesperson released a statement.
    Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Donald Glover says Brad Pitt sidestepped giving him advice on Mr. & Mrs. Smith In September 2024, Spain's Interior Ministry announced that five online scammers had been arrested for defrauding two women out of $350,000 by impersonating Pitt.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement In the small farming towns outside Bakersfield, at gas stations and in the miles and miles of fields, everyone seemed to know about the arrests that had quickly spread across social media, sowing fear among migrant families, many of whom had children or spouses that were born here.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The addition of save and draft allows for future capabilities, including the ability for spouses to sign a form.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.
    Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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