as in to nurse
to give milk to from the breast
believes that all women should breast-feed their babies
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Recent Examples of breast-feed
Provide education and resources for both pregnancy and motherhood, including birth planning, breastfeeding, newborn care, and more.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 May 2025
The technologies of pumping and refrigeration, so essential to balancing work and breastfeeding today, were not yet widely available.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most babies are now being born underweight.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 May 2025
The technologies of pumping and refrigeration, so essential to balancing work and breastfeeding today, were not yet widely available.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most babies are now being born underweight.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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There was tension to endure soon after half-time as Sparta Rotterdam equalized against PSV while Ajax nursed a one-goal lead at home against FC Twente to give it temporary command over the table.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Eight hours later, Bickel was still there, nursing a beer on the patio while watching federal agents down the street walk in and out of the suspect’s house.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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What are the neurons that make muscles ache and fatigue, or trigger migraines, or cause milk to flow in a mother’s breast when her baby suckles?—
Ariel Bleicher,
Quanta Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Breast-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-feed. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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