gestating

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The couple posed for photos at the event, drawing attention to their gestating bundle of joy by framing and caressing Palvin’s belly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

These duplicitous celebrities, so the rumor mill grinds, have hired mysterious surrogates to do their gestating work.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Long before the emergence of a winged protagonist who transports powerful orbs across the mysterious landscape of Cocoon, the adventure video game was an abstract computer science exercise gestating in its creator’s head.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023

“This is the continuation of a long gestating effort to remove this sheriff from office.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

But she is gestating, and gestation with her is always perturbing.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus