chasten
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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, scheduled to speak Wednesday night, has been been scorching the earth on Fox News, but rarely a day goes by in which he does not praise his husband, Chasten.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a Democrat, named by Mr Vance in the original interview, also addressed the comments earlier this week, speaking about adopting twins with his husband, Chasten.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2024
They recently rubbed elbows at a bar in the nation’s capital with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, during Pride festivities.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Chasten Buttigieg, who said he doesn’t expect to hear from Pence, called the remarks “part of a much bigger trend attacking families.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023
Chasten, chās′n, v.t. to free from faults by punishing—hence to punish, to purify or refine: to restrain or moderate.—p.adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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