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baby

[bay-bee] / ˈbeɪ bi /






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The Tramp becomes the unwitting adoptive father of a baby whose mother abandons him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

His “Radio Nurse” of 1937, a Bakelite early baby monitor designed for the Zenith Radio Corporation, mounted its loudspeaker in an abstract streamlined head that might have been modeled by Brancusi, his teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

The outlet reported Wednesday that “He and Jen are staying focused on preparing for the baby and supporting their kids.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

“The trend also highlights the generational transfer of wealth that is starting to occur among the silent generation and baby boomers into the pockets of the next generation,” she added.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Mama thought that old washtub was the best baby cradle she had ever seen.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

A proposed trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled following accusations that the trial was "unethical" and "neocolonial".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Belfast Trust says the safety of new mothers and their babies remains its 'main priority'

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It affects one in every 700 babies born in the UK and surgery to close the cleft is typically given when a baby is three to six months old.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

He got even more confused when I told him what the pots were holding: giant-sequoia babies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Even a terrible father is a father,” he said later, when they had all gone back inside to visit with Lady Constance and the babies.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

He acknowledged that he babied his surgically repaired knee for most of the first half, resulting in a swing that was more tentative and produced more soft contact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025

But perhaps most memorable, especially for anyone who has ever babied, basted and otherwise fussed over a 14-pound bird, is the season four episode “Turkey in a Can.”

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023

It also doesn’t include fellow all-star Tony Gonsolin because the Los Angeles Dodgers have so babied his development that he doesn’t have a 20-start season yet.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2022

He’s done so, supposedly, to care for Ginny, 34, who has Down syndrome but doesn’t want to be babied.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

By the other districts’ standards, the Capitol babied the inhabitants here.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“I was babying it, like fine china,” says the Melbourne, Australia, resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Her boss, off camera, says she is tired of babying Ms. Garcia.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Choosing climate-adapted plants also means you’ll save on your water bill, as well as time spent babying or replacing plants.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

We don’t need a lot of hand-holding and babying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

Blake held up a piece of the bread and asked his mother, “Why are you babying her?”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter


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