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widow

[wid-oh] / ˈwɪd oʊ /
NOUN
woman with dead husband
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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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