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Recent Examples of widow
Was Paulina Porizkova, Ric’s widow, reluctant to talk?
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, took the helm of Turning Point USA as the organization's new chair and CEO.
—Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Tilton died in 2017; his widow, Connie Rogers Tilton, had run the business since then.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Sep. 2025
The group offers widow and widower social and educational activities such as weekly cribbage and euchre, monthly Mexican Train games along with walks at Mission Bay or Lake Murray followed by breakfast weekly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, took the helm of Turning Point USA as the organization's new chair and CEO.
—Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Tilton died in 2017; his widow, Connie Rogers Tilton, had run the business since then.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Sep. 2025
The group offers widow and widower social and educational activities such as weekly cribbage and euchre, monthly Mexican Train games along with walks at Mission Bay or Lake Murray followed by breakfast weekly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
Noun
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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They get lost when historians focus on the people who hold political power rather than the people who adopt children or get abused by a spouse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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In both cases, their cultish devotion to a spouse has generated enduring curiosity, part of which may be envy, since many women have aspired to serve as a muse to genius.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Sep. 2025
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In the Untitled Witness Protection pilot, a violent confrontation drives a high-end D.C. madam, Remy (Brie), to turn on her partner and enter witness protection in seaside Maine with her adolescent daughter.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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