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Where did Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wed in 1981?

wed

[wed] / wΙ›d /




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Unchained At Last, an advocacy group fighting to end child marriage across the US, said about 9,000 girls were wed each year in California and that almost all child marriages involved girls to adult men.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He was previously married to his “Dumb and Dumber” co-star Lauren Holly from 1996 to 1997 and before that wed to actor Melissa Womer from 1987 to 1995.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The problem is, the brand—and, to some extent, its management—is wed to a specific kind of go power: the charismatic flat-four engine and mechanically linked all-wheel drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Just days after Kelce and Swift wed, it was revealed that the pup had become such a key part of their lives that it even played a role in their wedding celebrations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

If I have to wed Piers, I’ll go out of my mind.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

Wedding photographer Michael Carver had wanted to capture a picture of newly weds with the Northern Lights for the last 10 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023

While Dbeibah has sought to consolidate his position with new roads, better power supplies or social benefits such as payouts to newly weds, faction leaders have complained about corruption in state spending.

From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023

Martin's "Fire & Blood," Alicent is 18 when she weds the 27-year-old Viserys, while Rhaenyra is only 9.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022

Jules’s new moped doubles as a genre-movie gimmick that weds classicism and modernity.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

“Yes, is she not lovely, though so sad! Her dress is well chosen, too, for in a week she weds Count Antonio, whom she passionately hates.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

They are unique in that they earn on average more than four times the average worker, but they have little control over the management of the company they have wedded themselves to, often for life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Captain or not, Root is so often the man to steady England's batting, and he has said his team will not be wedded to a style of play.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When the PC was wedded to the Internet, the world changed profoundly in only a couple of decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Yes, he was so wedded to it, this idea that different, new mediums liberate the ones that come before.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"We're going to enjoy it as much as we can, even if it's just for today," said Edna Morales, 41, who arrived Friday from northern Mexico with her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

A machine that was good for more than just putting down the fish and ruining lakeside wedding videos?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Over the years, the magazine has ranked everything from Super Bowl halftime shows and horrible wedding songs to pre-YouTube viral hits and Declaration of Independence signatures.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yet something told him to say yes when the creators of the sitcom “Taxi” wanted him to do a guest shot as a wedding officiant during the show’s first season in 1978.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the darkness, Violet looked like a ghost, her white wedding gown moving slowly across the stage.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket




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