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Of course, there have been single presidents before (although few) and widower presidents. — Michelle Garcia, Glamour, "The First Lady Has a Huge Job. It’s Time She Had a Salary to Match," 3 Apr. 2019 Soon, sparks fly between Kelly and out-of-town widower Leo (Brennan), who turns out to be a corporate VIP considering shutting down the beloved lodge and replacing it with a shopping center. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "Hallmark's 'Christmas at Grand Valley' Was Filmed at a Rustic Lodge You Can Visit," 21 Dec. 2018 In the beginning of Stitcher’s new podcast, My Dead Wife, the Robot Car, a widower named Matt signs up with a mysterious tech company to work as a test driver for a new autonomous car. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "My Dead Wife, the Robot Car is a Black Mirror-equse podcast about autonomous cars," 21 Oct. 2018 After the murder, renowned filmmaker Roman Polanski, Tate’s widower, was worried for Vetri’s safety and gave her a gun to protect herself from the elusive Manson family. — Fox News, "8 Playmate scandals revealed," 16 Aug. 2018 This Japanese horror movie is about a widower who decides to hold fake auditions to find a new wife. — Kate Robertson, Marie Claire, "13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way," 18 July 2018 This evening, Starz released a first look at the series: Howards End follows the romance between kindhearted Margaret Schlegel and widower businessman Henry Wilcox, played by Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen, respectively. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Manchester By the Sea Director Is Bringing you the Next Downton Abbey with Howards End," 4 May 2017 My friend’s father, for example, now a widower living in upstate New York, knew several hobos as a kid, growing up in a Maine lumber town. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "The Hobo Hieroglyphs: Their Secret Symbols, Explained," 21 Nov. 2018 This Japanese horror movie is about a widower who decides to hold fake auditions to find a new wife. — Kate Robertson, Marie Claire, "13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way," 18 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'widower.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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