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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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Colossal says it’s considering Asian or African elephants as surrogate parents for its mammoths.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Massie spent several days before the election using Rep. Lauren Boebert—a Republican from Colorado—as a surrogate, hoping she could reinforce his credentials at a campaign rally, despite the president’s repeated attacks on him.

From Slate May 19, 2026

Wei's surrogate mother did not want him either, and under Ukrainian law she had no legal obligations to him.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Another advertising campaign in 2021, by Ukraine's largest surrogacy clinic, BioTexCom Centre for Human Reproduction, promotes a "Black Friday sale" on surrogate babies.

From BBC May 7, 2026

His mom treats him with a certain level of respect as the dad’s surrogate.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

In the UK, surrogacy arrangements are more informal and often arranged either through friends, family, or non-profit organisations which match intended parents with surrogates.

From BBC May 7, 2026

But despite having been contacted by Kennedy surrogates before Trump’s second inauguration, he’s not heard from them since.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

He has since fathered five children through a pair of surrogates and anonymous egg donors.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

I felt at times as if I wasn’t really climbing the mountain—that surrogates were doing it for me.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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 Holinshed, Raphael

“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 Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

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 Gillespie, George




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