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childbed

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as in lying-in

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Recent Examples of childbed After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking. — Time, 20 Jan. 2023

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confinement

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The couple cited the COVID-19 confinement as having a negative impact on their relationship.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
His public defender says Bonheur should get home confinement… for running a $7-million racket.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

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