nursling

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Noun
  • Another night might be built around Balinese-style suckling pig with turmeric rice, aubergine stir-fried with chilli, and banana doughnuts rolled in coconut curd and cinnamon sugar.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • On Father’s Day starting at 2 p.m., the afternoon will be one big party at the Beacon Hill property, full of yard games, live reggae, slow-roasted suckling pig, baby back ribs, craft cocktails, Cajun swordfish, and bourbon-marinated steak tips.
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • She is charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant, the Lexington Police Department said in a news release.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The 60-second spot will also appear on social media and via broadband outlets, Families will be invited to share photos of newborns on Instagram or TikTok for a chance to win a year’s supply of diapers.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This occurs for newborns – those less than a day old – as well as older infants – those 1 month to 1 year old.
    Brad Greenwood, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Out went the restrained décor of previous administrations; in came gilt cherubs, Rococo mirrors, and medallions gleaming with theatrical flair.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has also made significant decorative changes to the Oval Office, incorporating gold accents, cherubs and other ornate touches, and has installed large flagpoles to display American flags on both the north and south lawns.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • There were grim meetings with every male foundling who landed on the streets or showed up at city hospitals.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025
  • But Mufasa's welcome is no kinder than the reception Dickens doled out to the foundlings scattered throughout his novels.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The scientists also found several neonates and newborns in the area, Pardo-Pérez tells Flora Lichtman of Science Friday, which suggests that the site served as a nursery for the prehistoric animals.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
  • Whale shark neonates, like other shark species, do not receive any parental care after birth.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Yes, and my toddler was the perfect pint-size tester.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, Leon was at home with his wife and toddler daughter, the court document states.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Nursling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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