birth
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Professor Anderson added: "Until that evidence becomes available, the precise birth date of the animal kingdom remains uncertain."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
In one, she said the hospital sent her bill to a debt collector five months after the birth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Two days after the Academy Awards ceremony in 1955, Saint gave birth to a son, the first of her two children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sarah N'Guio received counselling from the charity a year after giving birth and said it saved her life, adding: "Without them, I probably would have lost my children and lost my life."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In 1748, the first wife of John Wayles died just weeks after giving birth to a daughter, Martha Wayles.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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For the analysis, scientists examined births throughout Georgia between 2017 and 2022 and connected those records with death records for fathers named on birth certificates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Fathers who died were also more likely to have been older, non-Hispanic Black, unmarried, living in rural areas and connected with Medicaid-paid births.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Her lawyers said this was caused by postpartum psychosis, a condition that medical experts say affects about one to two women in every 1,000 births.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Based on the age of first-child births, the median age of grandmotherhood rose from 44 in 1960 to 57 in 2024, “cutting the healthy years with grandchildren from 28 to 15.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nurse Cramer was a good- hearted, sentimental creature who rejoiced unselfishly at news of -weddings, engagements, births and anniversaries even though she was unacquainted with any of the people involved.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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While medieval Iberia and pre-Columbian Mexico were radically different places, the imagination that birthed these beasts reveals shared interests that transcended time, place and culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers spoke about how their love of awards shows birthed Las Culturistas Culture Awards, how they come up with the categories and the evolution of their podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
It also created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network that ultimately birthed the internet.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
It was as if the water had a mind of its own, and she alone knew how to read it; as if the ocean itself had birthed her.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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For Reece, knowing his way around the maternity ward beforehand means he can be "more independent and able to support Sophy as her birthing partner".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Zika can spread from a birthing parent to their child in the womb and cause congenital disabilities, which notoriously led to panic after an outbreak erupted in Brazil in 2015.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Like the spine, the human pelvis must balance two competing demands: efficient bipedal walking and birthing large-brained infants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
To reduce the screwworm risk on the ranch he co-owns and manages, Diebel plans to push the birthing season for his calves to colder months when the flies are less active.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Or that’s what Mama always said about birthing mothers, and I think it must be close to the same thing.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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