stillborn

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Recent Examples of stillborn At the time, Colorado had recorded 25 cases, including seven infants who were stillborn or died within months of birth from complications of the infection, and Herlihy said that the state could have more than 100 cases if nothing changed. Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025 The already fraught experience turned truly tragic when the child, a girl, was stillborn. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025 Newborns often die—Francie’s favorite aunt, Sissy, gives birth to ten stillborn children. Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024 What's New The orca that made headlines in 2018 for carrying her stillborn calf for 17 days off the coast of Washington and British Columbia has given birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research (CWR). Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stillborn
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Adjective
  • Attendees wore clothes honoring deceased children like Pamela Butler, Angel Hooper, and LeGend Taliferro, paying tribute and wiping tears away during the ceremony.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
  • In a Facebook update posted on May 13, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office identified the three deceased victims as Vishnu Irigireddy, 48, of Renton; Tim Nguyen, 63, of Renton; and Oleksander Martynenko, 36, of Bellevue.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Going back to last July this team is 14 games under .500 and is completely lifeless.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
  • Her lifeless body was discovered a few days later in a Tampa motel room rented by Rogers, according to the motion.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
  • The silver vehicle then hit the 84-year-old woman, who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Only Williams, McLaren, Ferrari, Sauber (through all its guises), and the defunct operations of Lotus and Tyrrell remain ahead.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • The Idaho Cobalt Project is a model: a defunct mine site brought back into operation to extract minerals while also helping clean up legacy pollution.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • But beggars can’t be choosers, so Vargas-Keller will be something to watch in round two of the City Series in late July at Sox Park.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Elissa was scheduled for more imaging tests in late August to see whether the tumors responded to the new therapy.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.
    Rachel King, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Their moribund offense offset outstanding pitching by the Braves, who have a 2.80 ERA in their past 14 games.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • But the main source of anger is the economy – moribund in both countries, where standards of living are stagnating, or worse, for many citizens.
    Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025

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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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