wedlock
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"We were only together just a few short times, and I'd never told my family but at 17 I became pregnant out of wedlock."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
An account of the candidate’s old-fashioned embarrassment, expressed to Mr. Devine, about having a child out of wedlock is practically endearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
In 1901 they had a child out of wedlock, a daughter, who was discreetly put up for adoption.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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