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husband

[huhz-buhnd] / ˈhʌz bənd /


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The message, signed by Mission Austria CEO Kerstin Rigger and her husband Jörg, added Sisic "will always remain a part of our Miss Austria family".

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Hunter, who lives in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood with his husband and daughter, hails from Moscow, Idaho — the state where most of his plays are set.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

I enlisted my husband, who is a lawyer, to draft a more detailed appeal that included exhibits from my employer health-plan documents.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

I met my future husband, actor Robert Desiderio, on the show, and left “One Life to Live” in 1983 to move to California for auditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Not only did Gertie maintain her identity, but she brought her husband with her to Carville as well.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The paper reports on three women who lost their "sons, husbands, and homes", while countless others wait for news about their missing loved ones.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

In Botswana and South Africa, too, women are desperate for sons and husbands to return from a conflict many say they were duped into joining, as authorities warn recruiters are still active.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Belafonte began psychotherapy, initially with Janet Kennedy, an analyst whose two successive husbands, Stanley Levison and Jay Richard Kennedy would each become significant figures in Belafonte’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Michelle Obama and Usha Vance were arguably more accomplished than their husbands were at the start of their political careers.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

“So do husbands, I suspect. By then it is too late, for they are yoked to each other like oxen for the long haul.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

As it is, I like to think of Dr. Lecter in his Maple Leafs warm-up jersey, losing his carefully husbanded gourmet meal to the little boy.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

But he seemed diffident about them when we spoke and finally admitted that since the pandemic began all of his carefully husbanded nervousness has been consumed by life rather than work.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2020

For centuries the Venetian republic husbanded its natural resources, keeping the lagoon from filling in through sedimentation and protecting its water quality.

From The Guardian Dec. 10, 2019

After his parents divorced, Folkert’s mom did yard work and landscaping and cleaned houses to earn money — which she husbanded with care.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2018

Wang Lung allowed nothing to be bought and sold after the winter came except what he said, and he husbanded carefully all that they had.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The glimpse reminded voters that Davis, who was husbanding his resources for a late advertising push, was still in the race.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

He lacks a strategy for husbanding his domestic political capital, without which he will be remembered mainly as an interruption.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Allies allow you to project power while husbanding your own resources.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2025

"The greater risk environment for financials leads to husbanding of capital and risk-taking, less and more conservative investing and lending, and inevitably, lower growth," said Blankfein, who also served as Goldman's chairman, told Reuters.

From Reuters Mar. 20, 2023

She had been husbanding her own misery, shaping it, making of it an art and a Way.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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