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[burth] / bɜrθ /




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Canadian Kutryk will have an extra reason to look forward to his return in six months' time -- his wife is due to give birth during his stay in space.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Watching the agent complete a lengthy form with details from my inbox, such as my appointment date and date of birth, was magical, but also a little creepy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The former Disney Channel star also shared some details about Sylvie’s birth including some of the different options at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The hospital's director said a woman gave birth to a baby boy in a shelter during that attack, adding: "Even on such a terrible night, life goes on."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Wouldn’t it be nice to just have ordinary birth parents?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The number of births have been falling in Scotland over the last 20 years, as have the number of babies who need intensive care, according to the available NHS data.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Kim and Sean Randall, who have a teenager and an 11-month-old, the progress of technology is one of the biggest changes they have noticed in the 15 years between the births of their children.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Her lawyers say this was caused by postpartum psychosis, a condition that experts say affects about one to two women in every 1,000 births.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The city’s eighth ward, which is the poorest in the city and includes neighborhoods like Anacostia, used to have the most births.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

So much had passed to bring her to this moment: births, deaths, countless insignificant decisions that made her who she had become.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

But as Caulfield noted, the wellness movement has undergone a major cultural change in the past half-decade that has made it almost unrecognizable from the movement that birthed MAHA.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

“In 1863,” Mr. Moore writes, “Congress birthed the first stable U.S. currency, the greenback.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

It also created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network that ultimately birthed the internet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

“HungryGhost is birthed from Margo’s experience of feeling like an alien,” Fanning says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

There she built her nest, ironed shirts, potted bleeding hearts, played with her cat, and birthed Louis Junior.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Zika can spread from a birthing parent to their child in the womb and cause congenital disabilities, which notoriously led to panic after an outbreak erupted in Brazil in 2015.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Like the spine, the human pelvis must balance two competing demands: efficient bipedal walking and birthing large-brained infants.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

It’s got a birthing scene like no other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

The state plans to later expand to additional hospitals and birthing centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Light and dark groped for each other in the birthing of dawn.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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