baby
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Mike Reid, Royal Bank of Canada’s head of US Economics, said in a note that consumer spending will continue to be fueled by upper-income households and retired baby boomers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
We had been trying to have a baby for a while, and my wife found out she was pregnant that day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Born in Egypt, Hamawy, 56, grew up in Old Bridge, New Jersey, where he arrived as a baby.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
He told her to "put 120£ in this ac… please thank u baby".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Even if I could free myself, I would have to take the baby and Opal would probably start shrieking and that would be that.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Fewer babies are being born to each woman in Europe, a decline that has been steady since the 1960s.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
My 40-something friends are training for marathons, opening new businesses, dating, having babies and changing careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Meanwhile, human babies have unusually large heads relative to body size, resulting in a difficult and sometimes dangerous birth process – often requiring outside assistance.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
It also introduces a theme in which Ma, who has lost “so many” babies, is trying to give Pa a boy, though he is not the sort to be disappointed in another girl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Thousands of babies were named Rachel every year.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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“You got babied, that’s why you ain’t win,” O’Neal told Barkley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
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
In bitter January temperatures, that range fell closer to 225 miles, no matter how I babied the throttle or dialed back on cabin temps.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Claudia also thought that he was terribly babied and impossibly spoiled.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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“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
There was no babying of their baby brother — and no extra protection from parents, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
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
Ray sucked his teeth, like she was babying me.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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