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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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To better understand why some populations recover while others continue to collapse, researchers studied common midwife toads living around four lakes in the Pyrenees of France and Spain that had all experienced severe Bd outbreaks.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The review - led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden - is due to be published on Wednesday, while a police investigation continues.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The investigation has run alongside the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS, led by independent senior midwife Donna Ockenden.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Burrows’ talent was to midwife a real relationship between the viewer and the viewed, “You want to go where everybody knows your name,” runs the “Cheers” theme, and where you know everyone’s name.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

In the end it wasn’t Dad who convinced Mother to midwife again.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

His inquiry into Morecambe Bay for instance found midwives were pursuing normal birth "at any cost."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

The report also raised concerns about how patients were allocated to midwives.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Two delegates from the Bangladesh Midwifery Society, who convinced their government to hire 5,000 extra midwives, were also rejected.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Many of the delegates are set to march on Saturday in Lisbon for the "One Million More" campaign, drawing attention to a global shortage of midwives.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

She and bandits were the only human beings out, no palanquins available for midwives.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The actually existing Mets were also midwifed by Gotham honchos.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

He midwifed the country’s first farm labor bill, and was decades ahead of his time on renewable energy and climate change.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2023

Nonetheless, it was born in the shadows, midwifed by people who feared for their social position and economic well-being.

From Salon Oct. 17, 2020

And he midwifed the most important alliance in American history.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2017

Unable to reach his sons, Dad called Rob and Diane Hardy, because Mother had midwifed five of their eight children.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“There is lots to be proud of, including midwifing ten new plays by women playwrights from Los Angeles, into the American theatre through our Writers Workshop,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2022

In this new place, she's midwifing a future.

From Salon Dec. 19, 2021

And James will ironically be in the position of midwifing the next phase of America’s gun movement.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2020

Mrs. Maas, perhaps best known for midwifing the “I Love New York” campaign in the 1970s, died Nov. 16 at 86.

From Washington Post Nov. 26, 2018

In a place with deep and binding tethers to the past, Katherine Johnson, a black woman, was midwifing the future.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Langhorne was midwived in a Bethesda hospital, the middle of three sons to a father who ran a concrete company.

From Washington Post Oct. 5, 2015

I pretend neither to the spirit of prophecy, nor to any uncommon skill in predicting a crisis; much less to tell when it begins to be nascent, or is fairly midwived into the world.

From James Otis, the pre-revolutionist by Ridpath, John Clark



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