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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

Rodriguez went on to miscarry while in custody, according to a lawsuit she filed against the federal government.

From Salon Oct. 22, 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

Then there is the well-known problem of incomplete miscarriage, which may arise after a patient miscarries naturally, or begins a medication abortion.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2022

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

One of the women, she recalled, was about four months pregnant when she miscarried twins.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

She bled for six hours and was convinced she had miscarried but when doctors checked, the heartbeat was still there and the pregnancy continued to full term.

From BBC Nov. 27, 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

Three times she miscarried while trying to give me an heir.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Most disturbing of all, women who were actively miscarrying, an already physically painful and emotionally shattering experience, said they were ignored entirely by facility staff.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2025

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

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

From Slate Nov. 5, 2024

The first cause, mother, of my coming Was for mankind miscarrying,   To save them sore I sought; Therefore, mother make no mourning Since mankind, through my dying,   May thus to bliss be brought.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Ernest Rhys




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