wife
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Gardner’s wife, Emily Larger, is in the ensemble and serves as assistant dance captain, as well as an understudy for Mrs. Potts and Madame de l’Amour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced late last year to 17 years behind bars after being charged with a slew of crimes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were both sentenced to 17 years late last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It’s an incredibly disappointing position to be in,” said Sean McBride, who co-founded the winery with his wife, Juliana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Sir, is your wife in the car with you?”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The health, safety and well-being of husbands, wives, sons and daughters aren’t secondary considerations to us; they are the bedrock on which every mission rests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
And unlike the television version, the novel is narrated entirely by Jonasi's wives.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Both have beautiful wives with impressive careers of their own.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
She’d called to ask me to be in some sort of private organization, a club that, from what I gathered, was made up primarily of the wives of important people in Washington.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
"I'm sore offended in the lad I'm wifed to."
From Blind Man's Lantern by George Luther Schelling
From her perspective, all-powerful cosmic beings have no business wifing up with mortals.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
