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surrogate

[sur-uh-geyt, -git, suhr-, sur-uh-geyt, suhr-] / ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr-, ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, ˈsʌr- /


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The so-called baby Gabriel case began when McKenna West, a surrogate from Alaska, learned that the child she was carrying had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a serious congenital disease.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Fertility organizations have urged clinics in recent years to limit surrogate pregnancies to one embryo, citing higher risks of carrying twins or triplets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Anduril is targeting 2027 for Thunder’s first flight and has completed multiple test flights with a full-scale surrogate aircraft.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

German centre-right politician Jens Spahn has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the country's governing coalition after being accused of hypocrisy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US to have a child.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

I wanted to rely on Ms. G’s class to be my surrogate family, but I’m slowly finding out that it might not be a good idea because we may not be a family next year.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Numerous Black elected officials have campaigned and served as surrogates for him, including influential Black Democrats Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and state Sen. Royce West of Dallas.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

Going silent, Bullard said, “creates surrogates for the committee, and the surrogates do all the talking.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Instead, much of the heavy lifting came from surrogates.

From Slate May 19, 2026

Instead of enlisting surrogates to push an uplifting vision for L.A.’s future, Pratt elevates those who speak of the city as a West Coast Chernobyl.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Each assemblage is poised in the flow of solar energy, tapping off energy from metabolic surrogates of the sun.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

It is about past glories, power transference, surrogated combat and unconscious contests of generation and gender.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2011

The lamentable distresse and pitifull perplexitie of the Britains after their ouerthrow, Domitian enuieth Agricola the glorie of his victories, he is subtilie depriued of his deputiship, and Cneus Trebellius surrogated in his roome.

From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England by Raphael Holinshed

“Do I understand that it’s likely that people who’ve been involved in the center of this for some time, and have been surrogating on television, are likely front-runners? I would say that’s likely, yes.”

From Washington Post Nov. 15, 2016

Whence I had recourse to Chilperick, whom the peaple, tho legittime heir, first deposed then cowed him, and thrust him in a Monastry surrogating Pepin his brother in his roome.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

But the Bishop returneth to another example in Solomon, which is the putting of Abiathar, the chief priest, from his office, and surrogating of another in his place.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie




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