surrogate

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After meeting prospective surrogate Annie Peverelle at an earlier Surrogacy UK event, they got to know each other and Peverelle offered to carry the couple's baby for them.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Under the accelerated approval pathway, the FDA is supposed to assess improvement based on so-called surrogate endpoints that predict real-world efficacy—for instance, reduced levels of a protein caused by a rare disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

So being a single father by choice is a rarer phenomenon, and doing so via gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother bears no genetic link to the child she carries, is rarer yet.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

But the joy that little monkey feels for his orangutan, which he uses as shield, surrogate and playmate, is both heartbreaking and heartwarming.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It’s my job—isn’t it?—my way of earning my shelter, to be this creature’s friend and surrogate flock.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich