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Recent Examples of betroth
Whether you’re betrothed or trying to manifest it, take a cue from Selena Gomez’s minimal approach with a sheer pink shade for something chic and timeless.
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
But an engagement announcement published five months earlier said she was betrothed to a Henry Strezelecki.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
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The idea is attributed to Polish-American physicist Stanislaw Ulam, who worked on the development of the atomic bomb and proposed the general framework for NPP in 1946.—
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Her union is proposing a billionaire wealth tax to make up for massive federal healthcare spending cuts that are set to take place over the next decade, which will largely impact middle- and lower-income Californians.—
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Suamataia’s performance was promising enough that Kansas City moved Thuney to the Chicago Bears in March.—
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Leo, who has promised to keep Francis' signature policies such as welcoming gay Catholics and discussing women's ordination, echoed his predecessor's frequent criticisms of the global economic system during his remarks on Tuesday.—
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
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The organizers pledged to continue the campaign throughout awards season to ensure the public knows the names of Good and others killed by ICE agents in shootings.—
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Some states, like Indiana, leverage these grants by selling bonds to the municipal debt market, pledging the EPA grants to the bonds' repayment to increase the amount of funding available for infrastructure projects.—
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And when unlawful acts are committed, hold individuals accountable.—
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Jennings is the second transfer wideout in the class after Perry Thompson of Auburn committed earlier in the week.—
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The pull toward explanation, footnotes, forcing a journalistic clarity in a literary piece that engages the politics that frame it.—
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Reach the arms overhead, gently firm the glutes and engage the abdomen to protect the lower back.—
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The two were married for seven years and share a 6-year-old son, Shams.—
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The spouses married five years after striking up a conversation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to W Magazine.—
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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