infant

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My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Once firefighters arrived and extracted the infant, they began performing CPR, but it looked like the baby was turning blue, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Despite a 17% drop in 2025 births, policies create investment niches in fertility, infant products, and family infrastructure, viewed as a consumption policy.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In India's Western Ghats, a lion-tailed macaque races along a path, its infant clinging close and both pairs of eyes fixed ahead.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The infant was close by and was startled.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall