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birth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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As Mr. Reynolds argues, the ship effectively gave birth to the institution that would come to define the American South.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“A lot of new dads don’t realize how much they’re struggling because they feel ashamed or because they don’t realize it’s common shortly after the birth of a baby,” Saxbe said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In a corner of a ward, on a platform above the dirt floor, the wife of one of the fighters is about to give birth.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Three strategies could help address this exact problem, and the newest one fundamentally changes how families may be able to build generational wealth starting from birth.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

If this were the sort of story that believed in eerie coincidences, we might say that the birth of Lisa Gherardini distracts Leonardo from his altarpiece.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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