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adultery

[uh-duhl-tuh-ree] / əˈdʌl tə ri /


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Hence war, hence adultery, hence bestiality, Tim continues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Ms Martin's father Christopher had in turn produced the 1994 ITV documentary with Jonathan Dimbleby in which Prince Charles confessed to adultery.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

In her divorce filing, Senator Paxton alleged that her husband had committed adultery, listing it as the “grounds for divorce.”

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

Can you bridge the ethical chasm in a man who hates adultery but seems neutral about most other sins?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

This 1815 lithograph depicts the scandalous adultery trial of the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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