baby
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Not long after recovering from the seizures, Ann was fit enough to hold Patrick's baby - her youngest granddaughter - and read her a story from the hospital bed.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The board papers contained a further report, headed Response to the Independent Stillbirth Review, which said four cases were assessed as having care deficiencies likely to have affected the outcome for the baby.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The model debuted her baby bump in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where the couple posed together while walking a red carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Chandeliers, poetry and flower arches decorate a government marriage registry, and officials hope baby carriages will follow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
I stood up in the buckboard and yelled as loud as I could, “Rowdy, you’d better leave those baby coons alone. That old mama coon will skin you alive! You come back here now!”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
An NHS trust has apologised after an independent review found that eight babies might have survived with better maternity care, admitting it has "failed families".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The result: The United States reached a new record of more than 100,000 IVF babies born in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Aboard the popemobile, the smiling pontiff blessed several babies and waved to worshippers, as he made his way from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy was installed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It came to international attention in 2014, after local historian Catherine Corless discovered there were 796 death certificates for children and babies who died there, but no burial records.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“All right, all you bodacious babies, terrific toddlers, glorious grade schoolers, magnificent middle schoolers, and tremendous teens, let me hear you!” the emcee said, and the audience roared.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Lux missed all of last season after tearing two ligaments in his right knee in a freak spring-training baserunning mishap, and he acknowledged that he babied the surgically repaired knee in his return this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
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
“Look, if you wanted to be babied, you should have asked Peeta.”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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
But breaking the habit of babying your puppy will prep it for being touched by other people in different situations.
From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022
We don’t need a lot of hand-holding and babying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
Ray sucked his teeth, like she was babying me.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
