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Recent Examples of birth pang
And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land.
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Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth pang
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However, the fiscal contraction resulting from his actions could help dampen the inflationary effects of the rest of Trump’s budget plans.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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That being said, there is enough total contraction on a revenue and book value basis to support a short-term investment.GuruFocus, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The company has spruced up its in-store apparel offering and built out an online marketplace while expanding delivery and curbside pick up and layering in newer businesses, like online advertising.Evan Clark, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
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The client’s only requirement was a firm delivery date when the keys had to be handed over; otherwise, the architects were on their own.Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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The same way that our culture has taught us to whisper about our periods and hide our tampons—despite the fact that our menstrual cycles perpetuate our species—new mothers are culturally guided to hide the more brutal details of childbirth.Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Other Considerations About the RSV Vaccine In general, Dr. Chelliah says that based on available research, the RSV shot appears to be safe during pregnancy.Melissa Willets, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
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Types of health care visits Prenatal health care appointments to help keep the mother and baby healthy during pregnancy.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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The process of parturition can be considered as equivalent to cosmonaut's/astronaut's transition from microgravitation back to Earth gravitation (G=1) during landing.ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013
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Delivered by cesarean section at Nasser Hospital a few days earlier on Aug. 15, Abdel Hadi Al-Qanou was almost 7 pounds when he was born.Ala'a Ibrahim, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Patients with those conditions are also more likely to have a pregnancy that ends in miscarriage or premature birth and are more likely to need a cesarean section, a major surgery that is especially hard for patients with diabetes to recover from.Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Birth pang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pang. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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