maternal
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His maternal grandfather, Madison T. Shockley Sr., was the multi-hyphenate prototype.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Sweden, the U.K. and more than a dozen other countries have maternal filicide laws that cover cases like Clancy’s.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 2016, the world retired its Millennium Development Goals—a short list of mostly efficient, targeted aims: cut poverty, disease, and maternal and child deaths, and get every child into school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The high-profile US murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a woman who says she suffered from postpartum psychosis before strangling her three young children, has sparked a debate in the United States over maternal mental health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The adults in Volpe’s household—his mother, father, and maternal grandmother—spoke Italian to one another, but not to him or his younger sister, Rosemary.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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