as in confinement
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Noun
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And so, Diana stayed behind, idly waiting out her period of confinement while the museum was rebuilt around her.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025 -
Top executives settled as well, including one who was sentenced to home confinement as part of a criminal plea deal.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But one pregnant woman has got the internet talking with an intense and unusually sour pregnancy craving.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Markle did not specify which of her pregnancies was followed by postpartum preeclampsia, but the conversation—a glimpse behind the curtain—is an honest and vulnerable one.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The couple attempted to start a family several years earlier, but Fox suffered a miscarriage in 2022.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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In a recent op-ed, Perkins shared the deeply personal story that a miscarriage shaped her perspective on the sanctity of life.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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