widow
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And poet Countee Cullen’s widow Ida Mae makes sure her husband’s name and accomplishments are on everyone’s mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Don’t miss: I’m a 68-year-old widow and give money to my two adult children.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
His widow Yvonne Akinyi described how the killing upended their family, saying their children were now orphans.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Burdge initially considered whether the repeating triangular signal might come from another black widow system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The widow smiled and pressed the letter to her heart.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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In India, emphasizing someone’s status as a widow in a negative way is considered insulting since widows have traditionally been ostracized and seen as carrying bad luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The annual event was initiated in 2012 by the then-governor when 100 couples - primarily widows and divorcees - wed at the palace.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Life can get complicated, and widows and widowers can find love again.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ambrositsch, for example, is proud that her heuriger brings together "19-year-old hipsters and 91-year-old widows" at the same table.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
"It's not 1960 or 1970 there, either. Indian widows even remarry sometimes."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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The future queen was brought up under strict rules and the constant surveillance maintained by her widowed mother’s adviser, John Conroy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
She is 79, widowed and financially comfortable, with about $900,000 in savings and investments, a paid-off house worth around $600,000, Social Security and a small pension.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Today’s historically low tax rates could vanish, and the benefit of joint filing will disappear if you’re widowed and filing single.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
For decades, single, divorced and many widowed drivers have paid more for auto insurance in California than those who are married.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He didn’t mention Jean, the widowed schoolteacher’s daughter.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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In 2015 she became a symbol of heartbreaking grief when Goldberg died while working out on vacation, widowing her with two children as she continued to help run one of the world’s best-known companies.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
Compared with other singletons, people who were single as a result of divorce or widowing had a three times and six times greater risk, respectively.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And now he learnt that not only had she thwarted his schemes against Monmouth, but had deprived him of the ardently sought felicity of widowing her.
From Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
The days that followed the widowing rites passed strangely for Dorama.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
Sooba was gratified by the performance of the widowing ceremonies; he felt to a certain degree revenged upon his unfortunate nephew.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
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