spouse
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Many of his patients live alone after losing a spouse or seeing their children move away.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Dear Prudence fields a letter from “Done With Disney,” a spouse who left a Disney Adult only to find his new partner’s secret obsession is … Harry Potter.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
One spouse needing three years of skilled care leaves a family with $400,000 to $500,000 less.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
The cause wasn’t ideology but arithmetic: The old bargain of household specialization—one spouse in the market, one in the home, concentrating where they were most productive—became unaffordable as women’s earnings rose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
It said: “A house is not home when a spouse is not at home.”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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