wife and mother

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Four years later and now a wife and mother to the first of her three daughters, Rand set an Olympic record with her first-round jump.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Now a wife and mother, Jane resides in upstate New York and makes a living rescuing imperiled citizens and providing them with new identities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The younger Khamenei, 56, lost his wife and mother along with two other relatives in the strikes, according to state media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

At the time of the Third Servile War, women had none of the legal status men held and were commonly limited to the roles of wife and mother.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

I had the idea that I’d write a book that was a biography of both the cells and the woman they came from—someone’s daughter, wife, and mother.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot