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child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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The law can recognize a surrogate’s bodily autonomy without transforming her into the legal parent of the child she carries.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Forensic pathologist Dr Louise Mulcahy said due to the limited remains, it was impossible to test if the child had any natural diseases or if he had been poisoned.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

McKenna West entered into a surrogacy contract in which she agreed to carry and deliver the genetic child of Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

He said the building was built in about 1890 and the child was wrapped in an edition of The Umpire from Sunday 19 June 1910.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Although she was expecting a third child in September, she would never eat her morning allotment of bread but passed it through the fence to him.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Having 10 children, every single patient portal is my nemesis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

"The people of Rocky for many years have sent their own children to train in this river, and for competitions, without a single crocodile incident," a spokesperson said in a statement.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

For instance, Black children are 60 percent more likely than U.S. children overall to have asthma and four and a half times more likely to die from it.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

He has likely dealt with and even enabled this dynamic since they were children, which is why he is either unwilling or unable to find a way to push back.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

Father could never bear a house without children, and whenever he heard of a child in need of a home a new face would appear at the table.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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