separate maintenance
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The separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
A separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Last week, when his wife Romelle sued in Los Angeles for separate maintenance, Jimmy unexpectedly began to look like the Rubi of the Roosevelts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Captain-General, William Matthew, was her staunch friend and admirer, and espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of supplicavit for a separate maintenance.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton