birth pangs

Definition of birth pangsnext
plural of birth pang

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Noun
  • Bondi's public embrace of the president, however, marked a sharp departure from her predecessors, who generally took pains to maintain an arm's-length distance from the White House to protect the impartiality of investigations and prosecutions.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Whether biennials or museum shows, exhibitions are spaces for learning about images, the world, and the pains and delights of being alive.
    Raphael Fonseca, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While new-car sales dropped in the EU through January, BYD stunned the market by reporting a 175% year-on-year increase in deliveries to 13,982 units, according to ACEA data.
    Sam Meredith,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In the 1910s there were eleven or twelve postal deliveries a day.
    Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 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 10 Apr. 2026.

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