breast-fed

past tense of breast-feed
as in nursed
to give milk to from the breast believes that all women should breast-feed their babies

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nursed
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  • Kershaw nursed the one-run lead through six innings.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • In the team's preseason opener on the road against the Carolina Panthers, Sanders received the start due to injuries being nursed by Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Breast-fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-fed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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