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A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.
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In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
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It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
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While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
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The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
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Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou