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an elephant's pregnancy can last almost a year
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The calf’s arrival follows a 21-month pregnancy, which is the longest gestation period of any land animal, according to the Smithsonian.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Rodriguez claims in the lawsuit, which alleges wrongful death, that the pills were ordered by his girlfriend’s estranged husband who then pressured her to take them to end the pregnancies.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Luckily, between 10 and 20 weeks, the pregnancy stabilized, but it was then revealed during an anatomy scan that her daughter had a single umbilical artery and fused kidneys, leading to frequent monitoring and long drives to different specialists.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Khloe Kardashian, 33, recently confirmed her first pregnancy, and Kim Kardashian, 37, recently welcomed her third child with husband Kanye West via surrogate.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Rodriguez claims in the lawsuit, which alleges wrongful death, that the pills were ordered by his girlfriend’s estranged husband who then pressured her to take them to end the pregnancies.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Luckily, between 10 and 20 weeks, the pregnancy stabilized, but it was then revealed during an anatomy scan that her daughter had a single umbilical artery and fused kidneys, leading to frequent monitoring and long drives to different specialists.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Khloe Kardashian, 33, recently confirmed her first pregnancy, and Kim Kardashian, 37, recently welcomed her third child with husband Kanye West via surrogate.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnancy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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pregnancy
noun
preg·nan·cy
ˈpreg-nən(t)-sē 
plural pregnancies
: the condition of being pregnant : gestation
Medical Definition
pregnancy
noun
preg·nan·cy
ˈpreg-nən-sē
plural pregnancies
1
: the condition of being pregnant
2
: an instance of being pregnant
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