gestating
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"The kicker is within two or three days of giving birth, they fall pregnant again so while they're rearing the first litter, they're gestating the second," Henry says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
These duplicitous celebrities, so the rumor mill grinds, have hired mysterious surrogates to do their gestating work.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
While this project is slowly gestating, two prominent showrunners float Kaplan’s name as a supervising producer for their new show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
As you might expect, Rebeck has more work on the horizon — plenty of rewrites and updates on plays already gestating, and a new musical she is birthing with Cyndi Lauper.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
He sees them gestating in the womb of their mother, the sea.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
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