as in nursed
to give milk to from the breast
believes that all women should breast-feed their babies
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Jones nursed a knee injury during training camp and was traded to the Tennessee Titans.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026 -
There’s evidence of puppies being nursed alongside human babies in Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Americas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Breast-fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-fed. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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