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Recent Examples of widowed
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widowed
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The criticisms were contained in reports into the deaths of 48 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and centred on the lack of safety provisions made on construction sites, the failure to properly investigate accidents and the speed with which bereaved families are compensated.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Amina and Amal’s bereaved husband introduce her to American life.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
6 Dec. 2025
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Owners Chuch and Lou Ann Best taught the orphaned squirrel to water ski, at first, as a joke.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the end, instead of an orphaned youth discovering his mysterious power to save the world, Josh Brownhill fired home to avoid extra time in a game that barely merited 90 minutes.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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In movies like Sátántangó, Werckmeister Harmonies, and his extraordinary swan song, 2011’s The Turin Horse, the Hungarian filmmaker crafted dreamlike narratives populated with disillusioned, spiritually bereft characters facing harsh realities.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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Families physically pulled apart by uncaring hands over the outraged screams of the bereft?—
Leonard Pitts Jr,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Widowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widowed. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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