live-in lover
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The first, with a live-in lover in Dallas, implodes, leaving Ms. Hepola pregnant and facing single motherhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“One was ‘Doomsday in Court,’ about a horror-movie star like Bela Lugosi, who is being sued for palimony by his live-in lover, which at the time was a big issue,” Burnett said.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2019
He’s prissy and self-centered, and the way he casually discards his live-in lover when he sees Josephina as available could use some more narrative examination, and possibly a consequence or two.
From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2019
The four lead actors make their improbable characters real, but the scene stealer is Stephen Wallem as Bruce’s live-in lover, Bob.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2011
Barnett's suit is the strangest application yet of the "palimony" doctrine established by the California Supreme Court in a 1976 decision involving Actor Lee Marvin and Michelle Triola Marvin, his former live-in lover.
From Time Magazine Archive
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