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birth pangs

noun

plural of birth pang
as in contractions

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  1. pains
  2. deliveries
  3. childbirths
Noun
  • Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Rojas and others will still be playing through aches and pains by the time October rolls around.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Court filings haven't specified the nature of the new evidence; the judge and attorneys took pains not to disclose any details during a pretrial hearing on Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • Production will begin in early 2027 and the first deliveries to customers are expected in March, chief executive Jim DeLuca told Semafor in an interview on the sidelines of the launch event.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • One of her recent deliveries was for Green Meadows resident Norma, whose door is decorated with pictures of flowers.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliveries
Noun
  • The human neurons suffered severe, selective damage, mimicking the cellular breakdown that causes cerebral palsy in human infants during difficult childbirths.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Congo's has among the world's highest rates of both childbirths per woman and deaths around childbirth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of childbirths
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“Birth pangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pangs. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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