widowed

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Among Wonder Project’s recent shows is “It’s Not Like That,” a romance starring Scott Foley as a widowed pastor who falls for a divorced woman played by Erinn Hayes.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The majority of those fathers were divorced, separated, or widowed.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Tracy Morgan stars in Paramount+’s multicam sitcom, a spin-off of CBS’ ‘The Neighborhood,’ and plays a widowed father whose empty nest is disrupted by his adult children’s return.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The widely circulated photographs of the poet in old age make him a perfect visual counterpart to the widowed Queen Victoria, dressed in her perpetual mourning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“I also have two brothers and a sister. A pair of widowed aunts. Nieces, nephews, cousins. I had thought you might consent.. ”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin