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[burth] / bɜrθ /




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Panettiere gave birth to her daughter, with boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, in 2014 and has been vocal about her struggle with postpartum depression.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Michele Heisler, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan, gave birth to her first child after going back to medical school at the age of 30.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

That music accompanies us from birth to death is underscored by the giant guitar-case-shaped casket, “For a Musician,” produced by Ghanaian artist Paa Joe in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Even the public versions, which political parties and candidates routinely obtain to target ads and messages, included voters’ addresses, birth dates and party affiliations.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

“It makes them mental, every time you bring up the adoption, or your birth parents, or anything like that. They start pussyfooting around and being so careful, like, ‘Now, Jonah .

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In comparison, there were 3.7 million US births in total that same year, CDC figures show,, external meaning babies born to foreign US residents amounted to roughly 0.25% of these.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

As filming was finishing, the conservancy became home to the first ploughshare births in captivity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Between 2016 and 2023, first births among women 35 and older increased 25%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The number of births in the U.S. has fallen 9% in the past decade, largely due to fewer women having children in their teens and 20s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

“When I assisted at the births of calves and lambs back at the Swanburne Academy, Dr. Westminster always said we should keep calm and trust nature to take its course.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Sociology is in many ways the mother of all social sciences, she who hath birthed dozens of disciplines ranging from criminology to postcolonial studies to ethnic studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 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

In the wake of the Manhattan Project that birthed the atomic era — and with it, the ever-present threat of nuclear war — people acted immediately to bring attention to this new threat.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.

From Slate May 25, 2026

My parents had birthed and raised and loved me, and for that I owed them a debt.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

This included an empty can of energy drink left in the middle of the floor of a clean delivery room - as well as butter "smeared around the top of a birthing pool".

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

It’s got a birthing scene like no other.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

“My wife died birthing him,” Grandpa laments as if it were days, not decades, ago.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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