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A renowned theater director who has embarked on a kind of permanent vacation in his 60s, he continues: “I am wifeless, childless, brotherless, sisterless, I am my well-known self, made glittering and brittle by fame.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

In the end, Don’s left jobless and wifeless and it’s going to be fascinating to see how Matt Weiner rebuilds him.

From New York Times Jun. 24, 2013

Childless, wifeless Lou is a bundle of anger and avarice, and writers Josh Heald, Sean Anders and John Morris load him up with harshly hilarious lines.

From Time Mar. 25, 2010

The Dionne roosters were crowing for dawn while Dr. Dafoe washed up, eased his suspenders, donned his coat and drove back to his wifeless, book-filled home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides, my dear sir, since this dreadful wifeless time has begun it is melancholy in Niendorf.

From Gertrude's Marriage by Heimburg, W.




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