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newborn

[noo-bawrn, nyoo-] / ˈnuˈbɔrn, ˈnju- /


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Police searching for the mother of a newborn baby girl whose body was found on a north Wales shoreline have set up a special phone line, urging her to contact them.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Planets can then grow from material left over around the newborn star, gradually gathering matter and shaping paths through the surrounding disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Guild says these conversations are easier before a baby arrives than when parents are sleep-deprived and adjusting to life with a newborn.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Even though she was more than a month old, she weighed only about as much as a newborn, according to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

I felt cold all over, as though I was the newborn infant a second time, cast aside and forgotten.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

That also will enable the government to add about two million additional newborns a year without parents signing up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In Riverside County, newborns can be surrendered at most hospitals and fire stations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

According to the paper, the inquiry found there was a "complete failure" to protect newborns at the Countess of Chester Hospital and parents were kept in the dark for years over the concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The draw of Trump accounts is straightforward for families with newborns: Babies born between 2025 and 2028 are eligible for a free $1,000 deposit from the federal government.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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