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miscarry

[mis-kar-ee, mis-kar-ee] / mɪsˈkær i, ˈmɪsˌkær i /
VERB
lose fetus
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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Was it possible that my relentless travel had caused me to miscarry — and in a country where I knew women sometimes faced withering criticism and blame for poor pregnancy outcomes?

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

Up to one in four women who know they are pregnant will miscarry, according to the National Library of Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

UK workers who miscarry before 24 weeks have no legal right to maternity or parental-bereavement leave - although, a number of large companies, including Tesco, Lidl, John Lewis and Santander, offer it.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024

“A lot of people successfully miscarry on their own, but that can take a couple months,” Loren said in an interview.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Mom told me those types of pregnancies frequently miscarry early on, but not always.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

When she nearly miscarries, he convinces her to marry him and move to his company’s sponsored enclave that’s popping with pregnant women like her.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

One of its most talked-about sequences came when Fleabag’s sister miscarries in a restaurant toilet cubicle.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020

Once the life is established, can a mother insure a six-week fetus and collect if she miscarries?

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019

Is a woman who miscarries early responsible for fishing her small, sometimes hard-to-identify embryo out of a blood-filled toilet bowl before flushing?

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2019

"It is spoken with understanding and foresight. But how do I draw back my arm if all this miscarries?"

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

Anne miscarried, and the medallion was never issued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

In one case, a pregnant woman miscarried after becoming ill, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

Eventually, she began to see brown discharge and was taken to an off-site hospital where, days later, health care providers confirmed she had miscarried.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

"There was no stability. We kept relocating. My body was exhausted," she says, recalling how she miscarried.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

She began to imagine how old that last miscarried child would be now.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Most disturbing of all, women who were actively miscarrying, an already physically painful and emotionally shattering experience, said they were ignored entirely by facility staff.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025

As she was miscarrying and bleeding profusely, she said physicians didn’t explain that she had options for care.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025

But Anna Malnutt said she went back to work three days after miscarrying: "I just didn't really know how long was OK to take, and I felt like I needed to go back."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

The standard of care is to offer miscarrying women a procedure to empty the uterus.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024

Q. Who else are in danger of miscarrying here?—A.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan


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