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When Sheila became pregnant, June insisted that they get married—but, soon after the ceremony, the baby was stillborn.
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Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Family friends said Patterson, once a promising basketball player, was suffering from ongoing mental health difficulties, recently coming home from a stay at a psychiatric ward and never recovering after giving birth to a stillborn baby six months ago.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
In an analysis for this story, ProPublica found that non-Hispanic Black women were about 1 1/2 times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to deliver a stillborn baby at or near their due date.
—Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 2 July 2024
Black Americans in general have a lower life expectancy than white Americans, and Black babies are more likely to be stillborn or die in infancy.
—Anna North, Vox, 1 July 2024
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Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Family friends said Patterson, once a promising basketball player, was suffering from ongoing mental health difficulties, recently coming home from a stay at a psychiatric ward and never recovering after giving birth to a stillborn baby six months ago.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
In an analysis for this story, ProPublica found that non-Hispanic Black women were about 1 1/2 times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to deliver a stillborn baby at or near their due date.
—Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 2 July 2024
Black Americans in general have a lower life expectancy than white Americans, and Black babies are more likely to be stillborn or die in infancy.
—Anna North, Vox, 1 July 2024
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On the flip side of things (quite literally), the Netherworld occupied by the recently, and not-so-recently, deceased needed to come off as eerie and a place where earthly rules of sound no longer apply.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Attorneys general opinions in Kentucky and Mississippi also prevent deceased voters’ ballots from counting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Oct. 2024
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The rabbits' lifeless bodies were found lined up next to one another.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Our trio discovers their doorman’s lifeless body in the courtyard not long after the introduction of another surprise guest star, Tea Leoni (Madam Secretary).Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
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People have found out in the process — some who’ve gone virtual — their attendance has gone way up.Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
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Some 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, around a third of whom are believed to be dead.Ami Bentov, Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Some 100 hostages remain, about a third believed to be dead.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Kmart outlasted several copycat regional discounters that are now defunct, including Ames, Jamesway, Caldor, Venture, Zayre, Bradlees, Mervyn’s and Korvettes, and can be credited for creating the template for Walmart’s and Target’s expansion.David Moin, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
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Herro worked on Dough and launched another crypto trading business a decade ago called Pacer Capital, which appears to now be defunct.MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Election 2024 live updates:Harris, Trump will both rally in Milwaukee; latest polls Here is what to know heading into the weekend.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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The carmaker said worker absence jumped by 5% on Fridays and during late shifts compared with other days of the week.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joining the core trio of Corgan, Iha and Chamberlin were bassist Jack Bates and guitarist Kiki Wong, who famously won the post from the departed Jeff Schroeder after a public casting call of more than 10,000.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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Farewell to Vivek Ramaswamy (good riddance, as the Trump toady was a rude, insulting embarrassment) and to Asa Hutchinson (who, along with the departed Chris Christie, were the only ones who correctly and honorably said that criminal convictions should disqualify Trump).New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
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And when the veteran Rams receiver returned to the lineup Thursday night after a four-game absence, the recently moribund offense anticipated a welcome jolt.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Its première in France, last month, reignited a moribund national debate around the issue, transforming Diop into a fixture on radio and television and landing 26 on the cover of the leftist daily Libération.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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