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birth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah".

From Barron's

He said the story of the birth of Jesus showed that God had "pitched his fragile tent" among the people of the world.

From BBC

The ceremony celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and is one of the most important days in the Catholic Church calendar.

From Barron's

He pays particular attention to the underexamined situation of enslaved people—60% of illegitimate births were to women who had arrived in Florence as slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows.

From The Wall Street Journal