be born

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We are therefore once again in a Gramscian bind, caught between the old which will not die and the new which struggles to be born.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

New plays would be born, rehearsed and dissolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born using a womb transplanted from a deceased donor.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

But Zeus snatched from her her child that was near birth, and hid it in his own side away from Hera until the time had come for it to be born.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton