wives

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Kim later hosted Xi and their wives for a luncheon before accompanying the Chinese leader to the airport for his departure.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“The hotel staff put up screens to give the wives and girlfriends privacy at the hotel pool, and one of the WAGs, who I won’t name, took it back down,” says journalist Alison Kervin.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The most popular trad wives, like Hannah “BallerinaFarm” Neeleman, are members.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Usually wives and husbands divide their separate property among their heirs and their second spouse, but there’s no rule that says they must do that.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

There were caves everywhere running into the cloud, and at the entrances to the caves the Cloud-Men’s wives were crouching over little stoves with frying-pans in their hands, frying snowballs for their husbands’ suppers.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl