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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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Think super-powerful magnets in medical imaging and particle physics experiments; faster circuits that won’t overheat; potential for nuclear fusion plasma confinement.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Even with execution dates looming, their death row confinement offers a relatively peaceful oasis.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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