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incontinence

[in-kon-tn-uhns] / ɪnˈkɒn tn əns /


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Donna is one of an estimated 100,000 women in the UK who had the procedure to treat incontinence or prolapse.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

"From then 'til now I live with pain and incontinence and that's something that's really not talked about widely - with women generally, and certainly within certain communities."

From BBC May 13, 2026

Seventeen years after the birth of her daughter, Geeta Nayar is still living with bowel incontinence.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Many retirees pay out of pocket for health-related supplies that aren’t fully covered by insurance, some of which include incontinence products, wound-care materials and wearable monitoring devices.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

Maybe, though, given the incipient incontinence induced by the flush-out regimen, it’s just as well I have no apartments to see.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

We have no excuse whatever to make for these masculine incontinences; we abhor them as disgraceful and almost bestial.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith

The ostensible England was making the empire sick with its incontinences, its ignorances, its ferocities, its panics, and its endless and intolerable blarings of Allied national anthems in season and out.

From Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw




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