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as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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Recent Examples of marry Goth and LaBeouf were married in 2016, but in 2018, a rep for the actor confirmed the pair had decided to officially part ways. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 The pair married in 1998, and have since shared the screen on multiple occasions. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 This, in turn, could partly help explain why Americans are getting married and having children later in life. Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 As far as the world knew when Nicole Kidman sat down for her cover story interview with Vogue, she and Keith Urban were happily married. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marry
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  • One of my favorite books about the Constitution, by historian Michael Kammen, argues the paradox of Americans’ relationship to the Constitution is that people appear to be so wholly wedded to a document that so few have ever read for themselves.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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  • This one comes in the designer’s signature Check pattern in black, blue, and silver plus a floral White Flower Market design that matches its high tea kettle and dinner plate set.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Two tickets purchased in Georgia and two tickets bought in Illinois matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • Meanwhile, former Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle combined for 239 total yards for the Panthers (183 rushing, 56 receiving) a week after exploding for 234 total yards (206 rushing, 28 receiving) in a win over Miami.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe that — combined with the steady growth of young defenders like Ashton Gillotte, Omarr Norman-Lott and Nohl Williams — will be enough to put KC back in position to lift its third Lombardi in four years.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • Pérez said medical workers who visited the station learned about her daughter’s condition and connected the family to a hospital charity care program.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There will be trick-or-treating, costume contests, spook-tacular inflatables, Halloween crafts and vendor booths to connect families with community resources.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • But the business stays committed to supporting people and improving.
    Samuel Burke, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • An independent United Nations inquiry concluded in September that Israel has committed genocide during the conflict, a finding the country's government has denied.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Shane Harris, the president and founder of the People’s Association of Justice Advocates, first proposed the renaming in 2022, weeks after Morrow’s death.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The authors noted that cutting emergency Medicaid, as proposed in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation law, would save little and would harm states with large populations of undocumented immigrants.
    Liz Neporent, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • There's also a larger 280-mm disc mated to a Brembo floating caliper at the rear, and premium Brembo Stylema monobloc radial calipers with two 330-mm discs at the front for plenty of stopping power.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • In the wake of personal loss, an unexpected sisterhood unites an ambitious New York healthcare worker with a spirited girl from a nomadic tribe in India.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What unites these screen works, beyond their focus on LGBTQ individuals, themes and audiences, is their defiant messaging, according to NewFest’s director of programming, Nick McCarthy.
    Elaina Patton, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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