contractions

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More than a week overdue and with contractions that had begun 48 hours earlier, she arrived at the maternity ward at around 22:00 on 4 September, 2023.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After confirming that abdominal contractions drive brain motion, the researchers turned to the next question: how this movement influences fluid flow.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Machinery led the sector’s recovery, while auto-industry output was up sharply following contractions in the previous three months, when several assembly plants were shut for model changes and retooling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning the contractions stopped dead.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge