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miscarry

[mis-kar-ee, mis-kar-ee] / mɪsˈkær i, ˈmɪsˌkær i /
VERB
lose fetus
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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She said many women do not share their pregnancy news before the 12-week scan, so if they miscarry earlier, they can struggle to know who to talk to which can be isolating.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

At her 10-week appointment, she learned that her child had triploidy, a genetic condition where a fetus has three sets of chromosomes instead of two, and would miscarry late-term or die at birth.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2025

Up to one in four women who know they are pregnant will miscarry, according to the National Library of Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2024

“A lot of people successfully miscarry on their own, but that can take a couple months,” Loren said in an interview.

From Seattle Times Feb. 5, 2024

Mom told me those types of pregnancies frequently miscarry early on, but not always.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

If someone delivers or miscarries at a hospital, there are methods to dispose of remains already in place, usually mass graves.

From Slate Oct. 3, 2024

Like my husband, many men experience sadness, grief, stress, anxiety, and depression after their partner miscarries.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

One of its most talked-about sequences came when Fleabag’s sister miscarries in a restaurant toilet cubicle.

From The Guardian Feb. 22, 2020

Is a woman who miscarries early responsible for fishing her small, sometimes hard-to-identify embryo out of a blood-filled toilet bowl before flushing?

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2019

"It is spoken with understanding and foresight. But how do I draw back my arm if all this miscarries?"

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

After Tyler miscarried, she threw herself into work.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Through his remissions, they pursued fertility treatments and rounds of IVF, but miscarried each time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

In one case, a pregnant woman miscarried after becoming ill, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

Eventually, she began to see brown discharge and was taken to an off-site hospital where, days later, health care providers confirmed she had miscarried.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2025

She never rode since she fell years ago and miscarried the baby that would have come between Lyddie and Charles.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

As she was miscarrying and bleeding profusely, she said physicians didn’t explain that she had options for care.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2025

"I was not prepared for the shock of miscarrying at work during my first pregnancy," she said.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

There’s also Josseli Barnica, the 28-year-old mother of a toddler who went to the hospital miscarrying at 17 weeks pregnant.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2024

The standard of care is to offer miscarrying women a procedure to empty the uterus.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2024

Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster




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