breast-feed

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 The Will County Health Department has created a new breastfeeding support group that will meet twice a month. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025 It is not recommended for people who are breastfeeding or pregnant. Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 24 July 2025 First aid, hygiene, breastfeeding, and childcare training for 242 people. Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025 In February 2024, a Black couple filed a lawsuit against multiple DCS employees, Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers, Coffee County and its sheriff's deputies after their five small children, including a breastfeeding baby, were taken away from them after a March 2023 traffic stop. Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for breast-feed
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  • With backup Marcus Mariota also nursing a lower leg strain, quarterbacks Josh Johnson and Sam Hartman will handle the offense for Washington.
    Kyle Hightower, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Peter Phillips, the son of Britain’s Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II, announced his engagement to nurse Harriet Sperling on Friday.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • However, occasionally, puppies may continue attempting to suckle—sometimes even from other dogs.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • 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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