ex
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In Susan's case, financial investigators at the CMS found her ex had the money to pay.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I had just moved into my new apartment after breaking up with a long-term ex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
James suffers a health scare that puts him in a coma for six days; Roland faces the ethical dilemma of beginning a relationship with his friend’s ex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
That judge ruled that my ex did not have to pay anything, and he ignored the previous court orders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“That class would be all drama anyway. I can’t be there with my ex, that’s not a healthy environment.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
The five included two key figures from the Jeremy Corbyn era – ex- director of communications Seumas Milne and Mr Corbyn’s former chief of staff Karie Murphy.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
The iHeartMedia release added that the ex- “GMA” personalities — who have since been replaced — will work together on additional iHeartPodcasts programming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The mother was an ex- girlfriend and was living with another man when Morris found out she was pregnant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England?
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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