pregnant
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She did not know she was pregnant at the time, but her doctor encouraged her to take a pregnancy test.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
“Guidance is really geared towards how you interrupt that ingestion exposure, so we’re talking about a high-risk group, our kids with developing brains, pregnant women,” Quick said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In a somewhat surreal turn of events, his wife Olivia is currently pregnant with twins.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Medication abortion works up to 70 days after the first day of a person’s last period — usually when they are 10 weeks pregnant.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
I sat one day with a man who’d gone off young and healthy to an overseas deployment, leaving behind a pregnant wife, and had come back quadriplegic, unable to move his arms or legs.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Vocabulary lists containing pregnant
"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 1
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