divorce
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She almost lost everything when her husband asked for a divorce at the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Shortly after, Portman quietly filed for divorce in Paris, where the two lived.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
When he abruptly announces his desire to divorce, she is forced to pick up the pieces of her personal and financial life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
She and Razzell, who is originally from Somerset, had been in the middle of divorce proceedings.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
After the divorce was granted, they were married a second time, on January 7, 1794.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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