Recent Examples on the WebBritain's Prince William was about to take a wife, Kate Middleton.—Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022 The day before, Owen’s father prostrated himself before his son, for the third time in a year, begging him to take a wife.—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
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