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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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The pilot suggests the extra costs of staff and training are outweighed by the money saved having fewer women miscarry.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

But even in the cases of those who miscarry and are denied medical care, there's not much concern.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2024

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

Even with the arrows gone they fared little better, for Athena had now come to take a part in the great deeds being done and she made each attempt to reach Odysseus miscarry.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

If someone miscarries at home, the onus is on them to collect a clean sample of the tissue and take it to their hospital within 24 hours.

From The Guardian May 5, 2020

Once the life is established, can a mother insure a six-week fetus and collect if she miscarries?

From Washington Post May 17, 2019

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

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

"There was no stability. We kept relocating. My body was exhausted," she says, recalling how she miscarried.

From BBC May 27, 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

Not only would those with unintended pregnancies would suffer, but also those who were miscarrying or had emergency situations like ectopic pregnancies.

From Salon May 26, 2026

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

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

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

This report, combined with her symptoms, indicated she was miscarrying.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2024

At the End of our March all our Powder-Waggons were plac'd breast a-breast, and so close, that one miscarrying would leave little doubt of the Fate of all the rest.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel




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