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swaddling

VERB
swathe
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VERB
wrap
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How familiar too is the fact that his little feet have kicked free of his swaddling, revealing 10 bare toes and the underside of one foot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Video shows firefighters and emergency personnel delivering the child and swaddling the newborn in a white towel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

"I pulled him up, I was swaddling him and I walked him up the hill."

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

In the new approach — called Eat, Sleep, Console — nurses involve mothers as they evaluate together whether rocking, breastfeeding or swaddling can calm the baby, Young said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

I was tempted to write my story, how I had washed ashore in an old skiff, a ruined letter and a ruby ring tucked into my swaddling.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk



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