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Recent Examples of bigamy
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
Hill was then arrested and faced numerous charges including bigamy, assault causing bodily injury, interference with child custody and continuous trafficking of persons, jail records show.
—Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
Hill was then arrested and faced numerous charges including bigamy, assault causing bodily injury, interference with child custody and continuous trafficking of persons, jail records show.
—Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
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This allowed the families to escape homelessness, human tracking and abuse from polygamy in northern Arizona.Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
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In 2013, a judge ruled in their favor, declaring parts of Utah’s polygamy laws unconstitutional, according to USA Today.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Read on for a timeline of the maybe relationship and the definite end of two marriages.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The numbers also represent less than one-third of the 13.5 million marriages registered from January to September 2013, when marriages peaked.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
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His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
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Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
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This equally applies to the practice of polyandry.Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 June 2021
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They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
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High society doyenne Julia (Kina Kantor) is exhausted by pretending to adore Fred (Michael Barrett Austin) after five long years of matrimony.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Much of the ongoing spectacle comes from the ways in which their Mormonism continually butts heads with their fairly progressive world views, from attending a burlesque show to having children out of wedlock and more.Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
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The restoration of virtue and bodily sanctity were of paramount importance, and many felt that having a child out of wedlock would threaten those aims.Kali Nicole Gross / Made by History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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