pacifier
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Either way, it’s a very expensive and public equivalent of giving a pacifier to an infant.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
And it turns out there’s an ingenious, inexpensive little invention that combines the pacifier with the medicine syringe.
From Slate ● May 17, 2026
The 36-year-old mom-to-be swore that her pink blazer was not a clue about the baby’s gender, pointing out her blue-and-pink pumps and the blue pacifier emblazoned on a pink video banner that offered more congratulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
After clinical assessments, parents were provided the opportunity to introduce the modified pacifier for a 60 second measurement of their infant's intraoral suckling vacuum.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
The oldest, Margarita, was about ten, then three more with about three years’ difference between them down to the baby with her pacifier on a dirty ribbon round her neck.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Plastic is used in all kinds of things, and it is not controversial at all to say that the amount of mercury in, say, pacifiers for babies should be none.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2024
Essex Police said pacifiers were taken from babies in Harlow on four occasions between 10 February and 7 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
They held clocks, baby pacifiers, napkins and other cleaning equipment, as well as chains they said symbolized the challenges that domestic servants face in Indonesia.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Babies "R" Us was the go-to destination for parents looking for cribs, pacifiers and diaper bags until stores were shut in June 2018.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
They came in useful for holding rattles and pacifiers and, of course, the occasional chocolate treat.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
