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Several years of renovation were needed to bring back to its former glory this 17th- and 18th-century building, which had been a maternity ward then a hospital in the second half of the 20th century.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025 -
At Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, the maternity ward was relocated underground after a siren interrupted a birth just as the baby’s head was crowning, The Times of London reported.—
Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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The answer may be linked to the studied species’ promiscuous practices: in the Amboseli population, both sexes have multiple mating partners, so paternity isn’t always clear-cut.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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For men, particularly in the years before erectile medications hit the market, older paternity was tacitly perceived as a nod to enduring virility.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Motherhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherhood. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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