maternal
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The Canadian study did not contain major errors as Wakefield’s paper did, though some critics argued at the time that it didn’t sufficiently control for confounding factors such as maternal depression.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Louisiana, which has serious gaps in access to maternity care, had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the nation last year.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
“She has the kind of consistency that anyone would want in a maternal figure. You know what to expect from her.”
From Salon • May 10, 2026
My maternal grandparents’ families were murdered in the Holocaust and I just couldn’t understand this mother’s choice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Mama had understood that there was a chance they wouldn’t both make it out of the Night Zoo, so she’d followed a maternal instinct and told Koffi to climb the wall first.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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