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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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She knew she would have to miscarry again before she could get the help she needed.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

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

“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

A woman who miscarries and needs medical care is, in this worldview, much like a malfunctioning appliance.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2024

If someone miscarries at home, the onus is on them to collect a clean sample of the tissue and take it to their hospital within 24 hours.

From The Guardian May 5, 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

But after a bleed early on, a test showed Rhiannon had miscarried at eight weeks.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2025

When Estella miscarried a third time, the doctor spelled the consequences out more plainly: “Another pregnancy could kill your wife.”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

And data analyses by ProPublica showed that sepsis rates and blood transfusions spiked among miscarrying women after the ban went into effect — an indicator of dangerous delays in care across the state.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2026

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

There’s also Josseli Barnica, the 28-year-old mother of a toddler who went to the hospital miscarrying at 17 weeks pregnant.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2024

A cough is another thing to which pregnant women are frequently liable, and which causes them to run great danger of miscarrying, by the shock and continual drain upon the vein.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle




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