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husband

[huhz-buhnd] / ˈhʌz bənd /


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He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, and friend to many, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Susan Palde and her husband, Lou, moved from New York to Indian River Estates in Vero Beach, Fla., in 2021, when they were in their early 70s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Last September, Patricia Kadgien and her husband were charged with concealment and placed under house arrest after a search of her property initially failed to find the painting.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Psychiatrists and people close to Clancy, as well as her estranged husband, were among the witnesses who testified about her fragile mental health during the trial.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

But she did tell Aunt Kitty that her husband was in jail.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Photos of sons, daughters, uncles and husbands pepper Chinese social media, shared by people hoping for news about relatives missing since deadly floods on the border with Nepal last week.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The health, safety and well-being of husbands, wives, sons and daughters aren’t secondary considerations to us; they are the bedrock on which every mission rests.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

She says that often successful writers are supported by wealthy husbands, by grants, by residencies.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Michelle Obama and Usha Vance were arguably more accomplished than their husbands were at the start of their political careers.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

He had at first been excited by Facebook, ghosts of old friends suddenly morphing to life with wives and husbands and children, and photos trailed by comments.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But he seemed diffident about them when we spoke and finally admitted that since the pandemic began all of his carefully husbanded nervousness has been consumed by life rather than work.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2020

After his parents divorced, Folkert’s mom did yard work and landscaping and cleaned houses to earn money — which she husbanded with care.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2018

Tollett has not only husbanded the landscape; he has branded it.

From The New Yorker Apr. 10, 2017

Our research found Jersey trusts which husbanded billions.

From The Guardian Jul. 9, 2014

Even the wilderness is carefully husbanded there, and though that forest had been logged for centuries there were no waste places in it, no desolations of stumps, no eroded slopes.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The glimpse reminded voters that Davis, who was husbanding his resources for a late advertising push, was still in the race.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

China did this by building up domestic industries, developing alternative sources for scarce inputs and carefully husbanding its strengths in areas where they saw a chance to seize control.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

Allies allow you to project power while husbanding your own resources.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2025

"The greater risk environment for financials leads to husbanding of capital and risk-taking, less and more conservative investing and lending, and inevitably, lower growth," said Blankfein, who also served as Goldman's chairman, told Reuters.

From Reuters Mar. 20, 2023

She had been husbanding her own misery, shaping it, making of it an art and a Way.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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