breast-feeding

present participle of breast-feed
as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast believes that all women should breast-feed their babies

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  • Teams played best-of-three series in the NCAA tournament back then, and Sullivan was nursing a bad ankle that sidelined him for the first game, a BU loss.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Before the end of the third quarter, Jackson was out of the game, nursing a hamstring according to the broadcast, and Cooper Rush, the former Dallas Cowboys’ backup, finished the game.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • The best rooms look out over the sea and the rugged peaks of Cavall Bernat—a view shared by the rooftop restaurant, where local meats star in dishes like suckling porc negre and pastry stuffed with guinea fowl in almond sauce.
    Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Breast-feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-feeding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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