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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.
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Time, 20 Jan. 2023
Time, 20 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbed
confinement
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He was arrested following the shooting and is currently in pre-trial confinement.—
Greg Wehner , Liz Friden,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Radford has been interviewed by Army investigators and is in pretrial confinement, Lubas said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Childbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbed. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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