breakup

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Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

The breakup, which got approval from FedEx’s board in May, is aimed at sharpening FedEx’s focus on its core parcel and logistics network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Management hopes the breakup generates value by creating the right comparisons.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Yeah, I had a bad breakup, too, before I met Claire. There was this girl, Julia? Ugh, she was the worst. I don’t know what I saw in her.”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway