estranged wife

noun

formal
: a wife who no longer lives with her husband

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Trudeau went through a public split of his own in 2023, separating from estranged wife Sophie Gregoire. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025 White shares two children with estranged wife Addison Timlin, daughters Ezer Billie and Dolores Wild. Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 Aaron Phypers has taken the stand in his court battle with estranged wife Denise Richards and is staunchly denying her abuse allegations. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 The man charged with hunting down his estranged wife and killing her — and gunning down her father and a neighbor in a Broward triple murder earlier this year, can’t seal off the courtroom to keep the media and the public from hearings, a judge ruled Monday. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 Keith Urban was pictured for the first time since his estranged wife, Nicole Kidman, filed for divorce two days ago. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025 His estranged wife Amélie and daughter Marguerite were living just a short distance from the bank in an apartment on Rue de Miromesnil. Christopher C. Gorham september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 In 2020's Greenland, Gerard Butler's John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and their young son Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd) narrowly escape an apocalyptic comet, finding shelter deep underground in a militarized doomsday bunker moments before impact. Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025 The only case known in the state’s recent history when the prosecution convicted a suspect without finding the victim’s body was in the 2014 trial of Charles Capone for killing his estranged wife in Moscow. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025

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