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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 knew she would have to miscarry again before she could get the help she needed.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Was it possible that my relentless travel had caused me to miscarry — and in a country where I knew women sometimes faced withering criticism and blame for poor pregnancy outcomes?

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

Listeria infections are especially serious for anyone who is pregnant, as a listeria infection during pregnancy can cause a patient to miscarry, deliver a stillbirth, or deliver the baby early.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025

“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

A woman who miscarries and needs medical care is, in this worldview, much like a malfunctioning appliance.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024

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

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

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 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

"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

Anne miscarried, and the medallion was never issued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared stillborn or miscarried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

"It was the knitting needle I brought back from my parents' house. It was also that when I finally miscarried, I didn't know that there would be a placenta to pass."

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 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

When Estella miscarried a third time, the doctor spelled the consequences out more plainly: “Another pregnancy could kill your wife.”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

Patients who are miscarrying still don’t know what to expect from Houston Methodist.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

There is no miscarrying as to him whose decrees do properly conceive them though to us they seem often abortive.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning


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