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birthing

[bur-thing] / ˈbɜr θɪŋ /


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The state plans to later expand to additional hospitals and birthing centers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Doctors at St. Louis-based Mercy, which runs birthing hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, began noticing an uptick in families turning down the vitamin K shot during the pandemic.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

I see her death as a profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing mothers.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2026

It also honored pop’s past while birthing its future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Nan had come to the castle as a wet nurse for a Brandon Stark whose mother had died birthing him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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