baby
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Upon accepting her Oscar for supporting actress for the film, the nine-months pregnant Saint kissed the statuette and joked, “I may have the baby right here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The baby boom, which began 80 years ago, produced about 76 million U.S. births through 1964.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"It's probably the most important bit of my job I think. And a mum who's in utter crisis says, 'yeah, you can take my baby from my arms'. That's really something," she says emotionally.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
She started by making simple shapes like a stuffed orange, pear and an eggplant, working her way up to the finalized baby gift: a stuffed whale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Did she think I was gonna stomp around like a baby if I got there and people were leaving?” he asked, shaking his head.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“This fish hides its babies in its mouth,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Not to worry, a kindly male neighbor assures Adam — her maternal urges will kick right in after the babies are born.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Approximately 3.6 million babies were born in the country last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The result: The United States reached a new record of more than 100,000 IVF babies born in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The long-lost scamp had become a frequent visitor once more, usually with an adorable troika of squirrel babies scampering behind, and another grown-up-sized squirrel, too.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
But perhaps most memorable, especially for anyone who has ever babied, basted and otherwise fussed over a 14-pound bird, is the season four episode “Turkey in a Can.”
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
It also doesn’t include fellow all-star Tony Gonsolin because the Los Angeles Dodgers have so babied his development that he doesn’t have a 20-start season yet.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2022
He’s done so, supposedly, to care for Ginny, 34, who has Down syndrome but doesn’t want to be babied.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
He and his collaborator, marine biologist Greg Rouse of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, babied the sensitive creatures, which require a constant supply of fresh seawater laden with the microbes they eat.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2021
“Look, if you wanted to be babied, you should have asked Peeta.”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
O’Neal objected quickly and loudly, telling Barkley to “stop babying these players.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
“Committing to throwing it, not really babying it. Not trying to shape it, just throwing it, and trusting how its going to come out.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
Choosing climate-adapted plants also means you’ll save on your water bill, as well as time spent babying or replacing plants.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
But breaking the habit of babying your puppy will prep it for being touched by other people in different situations.
From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022
Blake held up a piece of the bread and asked his mother, “Why are you babying her?”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
