quadruplets

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It said the birth of quadruplets was incredibly rare, occurring in fewer than 6% of births worldwide.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Unfortunately, she says, she may be having quadruplets and she knows Che can’t afford to raise them: “You work one day a week,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

They theorized that the atom is actually doing many things simultaneously: scattering not only single photons but also, through an entirely different process, photonic pairs, triplets and quadruplets.

From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2023

And the risk of spontaneous loss for the entire pregnancy is 25% for quadruplets, 15% for triplets, and 8% for twins.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022

Twins, triplets, and quadruplets were six times as frequent as among normal families.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.