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Recent Examples of birth pang
Such monstrosities, we were told, were merely the birth pangs of a new and mostly peaceful nation.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth pang
Noun
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That’s consistent with an overall contraction in the pool’s size during the past several decades.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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By practicing on a model that copies heart circulation and contraction, doctors can improve their technique for complex valve repairs before surgery.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That’s why civil servants in national security, disaster relief and federal science have long taken pains to avoid the political fray.—
Michael Chertoff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Rising commodity prices and disruptions to global supply chains sparked by the war in Iran threatened the delivery of life-saving aid, the UN argued.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Each room has a small hatch near the entrance—a dumbwaiter-like compartment where staff can leave deliveries or collect items without disturbing you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The season six finale ended on the cliffhanger that Jamie and Claire's daughter, Faith, may not have died after childbirth and in fact may have become a mother of her own, giving birth to daughters Jane and Fanny.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2026
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In Illinois, disputes over childbirth decisions have surfaced before.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The photos were never published in the UK and was immediately overshadowed by the news of Kate Middleton’s pregnancy.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
7 Mar. 2026
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That’s an entire pregnancy’s worth of time spent trying to figure out what to call her baby boy.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cleghorn notes that many Minoan women died between the ages of twenty and twenty-five, indicating that childbearing was most likely the cause of death.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Women past childbearing years often see OB-GYNs less frequently.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ibarra was admitted right away and went on to have an emergency cesarean section.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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The average for a cesarean section, which requires an incision of the abdominal and uterine walls for the baby to be delivered, was $2,596.—
Angela Palermo
February 1,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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“Birth pang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pang. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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