widow
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When it bites, the noble false widow injects a neurotoxin which can cause pain in the bite area, minor swelling and in extreme cases make your feel sick, according to Buglife.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
And that also includes serving as Paul McCartney‘s musical director for 2001’s “The Concert for New York City” – and even producing for John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Lawyers for Lemus’ widow have filed a legal claim, accusing the department of not training him or sending him to the FBI bomb school as required.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Jospin's widow, the philosopher Sylviane Agacinsky, 80, was in attendance.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Mary Surratt was a forty-two-year-old Maryland widow and mother of John Harrison Surratt, a Confederate secret agent and friend of Booth’s.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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