pains
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There are excellent passages in the book on synced hormones and perinatal conditions, as when fathers experience labor pains, “an extreme example of what researchers have dubbed couvade syndrome.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Lots of folks are at pains to say that this will not affect the safety of the meat supply.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Footage of the five men shot on Wednesday showed them miserable and caked in mud, telling rescuers they were suffering chest pains and starving hungry.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
I could not make out the face of the mother who rested from the pains of birth, but I could see the old woman in black who tended the just-arrived, steaming baby.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
