birth pangs

plural of birth pang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth pangs
Noun
  • The 74-year-old Weinstein, meanwhile, reported chest pains during jury deliberations in the most recent trial, spurring another early end to court.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • The colors, pains, pleasures, smells, tastes and sounds, the what-it’s-like of being conscious, are not private inner bits and blobs that philosophers call qualia, floating in a theatre of the mind.
    Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The final two submarines of the program (Rubis and Casabianca) are currently under construction at various stages of completion, with deliveries scheduled through the end of the decade.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
  • The government is embracing drones for things like deliveries, maintenance, and farming.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Many women may not be aware at all that private details of their childbirths were shared with law enforcement.
    Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In some Michigan counties, Medicaid covers more than half of all childbirths.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Birth pangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pangs. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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