bottle-feed
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In an email, Mike Ridgway, the child’s father, said he had given Ramirez “space to both nurse and to pump milk for me to bottle-feed our daughter while she is in my care.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
Or bottle-feed a joey on Australia’s Kangaroo Island?
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Domingo-Garcia’s story went viral shortly after ICE raided her poultry plant, when it was reported that her breastfeeding four-month old daughter was struggling to learn to bottle-feed.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021
MeoowzResQ agreed to foster and bottle-feed the puppies, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2019
Over coffee they shiver: they themselves are fastidious, they will bottle-feed, which is anyway more sanitary.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Zoo biologist Michele Viana introduced me directly to Miguel, who was raised by hand and bottle-fed in rehab.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
“The nutrition of every bottle-fed infant in America is at stake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The infant manatees had to be bottle-fed every four hours.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
He tells me he bottle-fed Buster when the cat was a tiny kitten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Or get bottle-fed, if you’re a small blind kitten with a white dot between your eyes that only needs a little extra love to become a pouncing, lively mouser.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
But now we found ourselves bottle-feeding Hayden, as we named him, four times a day and later celebrating his successful use of the litter box like the proudest of parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Past the age of 6 months I will continue to support breastfeeding and bottle-feeding our daughter breast milk as much as possible, while also supplementing with formula only when absolutely necessary,” he wrote.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
“Your eyelashes freeze in minutes out here,” said Ms. Agan, adding that the biggest challenge was keeping her fingers warm, even in thick gloves, while bottle-feeding some of the calves.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
In desperation, Mr Nuttall began bottle-feeding the dinky donkey but struggled until neighbour and dog expert Gražina Pervenis offered her help.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
Mrs. Ortiz often fostered infants, so she spent many hours bottle-feeding them.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
