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Recent Examples of betroth
Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed.
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Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
Six years later, Luke was betrothed to Rhaena Targaryen in a successful effort to unite House Velaryon and Rhaenyra’s branch of House Targaryen.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024
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Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
Six years later, Luke was betrothed to Rhaena Targaryen in a successful effort to unite House Velaryon and Rhaenyra’s branch of House Targaryen.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024
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Lawmakers in other states including Florida, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky also have proposed restrictions against local governments or water system operators adding fluoride to water.—
Matthew Brown and Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Researchers decades ago proposed that lightning caused chemical reactions in ancient Earth’s oceans and spontaneously produced the organic molecules.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kennedy, who listened and then walked arm-in-arm with Charles-Newton for the last leg of the hike, promised to look into the program and whether any funding was being impacted by the HHS-wide restructuring.—
Cheyenne Haslett,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The change of course from the White House came after Nvidia promised the Trump administration new U.S. investments in AI data centers, according to one of the sources.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
Peoplemag,
5 May 2023
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2019
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In the end, the several dozen men gathered in the centuries-old house to pledge their allegiance to Shoufi's militia, whooping and singing while performing a battle version of a celebratory dance.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Full Story Despite Trump’s fossil fuel embrace, some moves rankle industry While President Trump has pledged to be a friend to the fossil fuel industry and taken steps intended to bolster it, several of his recent moves have garnered pushback from oil, gas and coal executives.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since democratization, four South Korean Presidents have been imprisoned, one committed suicide amid a corruption investigation, and three have been impeached.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Little Rock, Arkansas, product committed to the Tigers on Dec. 14.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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But some are able to build more than just engaging social media feeds.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The two are surprised to learn that Armand's son, Val (Dan Futterman), has gotten engaged to Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart), the daughter of the conservative political couple Kevin (Hackman) and Louise (Wiest).—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Connie Chung evades f---, marry, or kill question featuring Tucker Carlson and more conservative commentators The longtime loves met in 1969 at WTTG in Washington, D.C., where Povich was a reporter and sportscaster and Chung was a copy girl.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The couple married in 1988 and welcomed two children — daughter Mercedes, born in 1991, and son Jack, born in 1995 — before splitting in 1996.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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