as in confinement
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Noun
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He was transferred to home confinement in Philadelphia, the Bureau of Prisons told TMZ Thursday.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Her confinement was not the result of any criminal conduct, but of bureaucratic error compounded by institutional inertia.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.—
Time,
Time,
20 Jan. 2023
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The actress became pregnant with their first child while filming season 3 of The Rookie, and instead of strategically concealing her pregnancy to play Angela, creator Alexi Hawley simply wrote it into Diaz's character's storyline.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Zinc plays a key role in immunity, cell growth, healing, and healthy development during childhood and pregnancy.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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