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marriage

[mar-ij] / ˈmær ɪdʒ /


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Money is often tight for people when a marriage comes apart, and hiring a lawyer takes time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Just a few weeks ago, Talarico’s campaign met with local Muslim officials and community members in Dallas, where he emphasized a bill he filed that would include Muslim imams as legally recognized marriage officiants.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Mageean's death comes less than three weeks after her marriage to her long-term partner Thomas Moran.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s official: Former entertainment power couple Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff are ending their marriage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In Renaissance Florence, marriage comes early—as young as fifteen, but no later than twenty or so.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

What really sparks curiosity is his natural, undemanding kindness, and the bond forming between him and his new bride — a far cry from the strained marriages that make up the quaint but judgmental village.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Most people don’t willingly walk into bad marriages.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Understand the world with the help of the Muppets: In 2012, Dahlia Lithwick published a piece of cultural analysis that permanently altered how readers viewed their marriages, their workplaces, and the U.S.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Both communions suffer pastoral costs as a result of the schism, including broken families and strained marriages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Family wasn’t any more reliable than marriages or friendships or blood- sworn crew, and maybe less.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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