wives

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Many online have been quick to point out the irony of his remarks, considering the king's own mother was from Eswatini and one of his wives is also from the neighbouring kingdom.

From BBC

“Three men. With wives and children. They were at a local restaurant. I don’t think she realized that I saw her. And then we had to leave. We looked everywhere for her.”

From Literature

Unlike today, when wives and children are invited on to the field and sometimes into the locker room, in Ferragamo’s day teams maintained a distance between players and their families.

From Los Angeles Times

He was lucky not to be caught, but he is devastated because his two wives and other children were not so lucky.

From BBC

He said they talked to wives separated from husbands and their kids and the most frequent feedback they got “was the inadequacy of the medical care they were receiving.”

From Los Angeles Times