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birth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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However, since these birth names must remain secret, you should provide another name as soon as possible.

From Literature

O’Hara, who had only recently given birth to her second son, described Beatrice as a “dangerous mother, every parent’s nightmare” in a 1998 interview with Canadian broadcaster Dini Petty.

From Salon

"I started the comedy society at the University of Sussex, which birthed a sketch group that I wrote and directed multiple Edinburgh Fringe shows for," Nash explained.

From BBC

And when Ball got pregnant midway through the run, “Lucy” turned the fictional birth of Little Ricky into the medium’s first major piece of event programming.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Technically, if you include my birth mother, I have three.”

From Literature