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Thaddeus Mosley was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 1926, to a homemaker mother and a miner father.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026 -
His talent was recognized by a second-grade teacher who urged his homemaker mother, Eleanor, to buy him a piano.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Rebecca ends with the housekeeper (also obsessed with the dead Rebecca) setting the house alight.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mackinac Island's tourist season is mainly from May through October, and the island needs about 5,000 seasonal workers each year to work as baristas, front desk attendants, wait staff, retail clerks and housekeepers.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Komilova was a housewife who dedicated her life to her family, Azizov said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Suburban Fury explores how Moore morphed from a conservative housewife to a radical intent on laying the groundwork for an uprising in America by eliminating the president.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).—
Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
29 July 2024
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With his zeal for Jesus sweaters and his living-room church organ, Bernie plays the bumbling househusband to his successful businesswoman wife Eva (Alicia Silverstone), and father to his diligent scientist son Adam (Walt Klink) and moody shut-in daughter Sarah (Gaite Jansen).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2024
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The German actress could draft off her own Lead Actress campaign to score two nominations in the same year — a feat last pulled off by Scarlett Johansson, who in a weird bit of Oscar symmetry also got her Supporting nod for playing a German hausfrau in World War II.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2024
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Deborah Greenspan, an energetic hausfrau whose principal cause is resettling immigrants, has decided to host an inventive, and obnoxious, dinner party.—
Julia M. Klein,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2023
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The 80-foot-long grinning behemoth floating in a roadside pond was built as an anniversary gift for the owner’s whale-loving wife.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Shukr's wife and brother told The Associated Press recently that the retired officer does not have any information about Arad's fate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Casa Gitano was designed entirely by Gardner and his husband, Andrew Cramer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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And there are details on her life with her third husband, the polymath George Cooper.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stay-at-home. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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