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bottle-feed

[bot-l-feed] / ˈbɒt lˌfid /


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I watched doctors in the intensive care unit bottle-feed an injured six-month-old girl whose parents can't be found.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 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

Crimson was sent to the Oakland Zoo, where caretakers bottle-fed him around the clock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Zoo biologist Michele Viana introduced me directly to Miguel, who was raised by hand and bottle-fed in rehab.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Five of the lambs are now being bottle-fed in a neighbouring pen, while two remain with their mother, who Frankland described as "knackered" after the birth.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

“The nutrition of every bottle-fed infant in America is at stake.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

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

“No one ever judged me, but I felt ashamed I was bottle-feeding and sad that I couldn’t breastfeed like them,” she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

“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

Mrs. Ortiz often fostered infants, so she spent many hours bottle-feeding them.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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