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Recent Examples of stillborn
Freeman Funeral Home and Cremations, which opened for business less than two years ago on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Pompano Beach, has not formally responded to the lawsuit filed last July by the family of Na-mir Crane, who was stillborn on April 9, 2025.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Carlos and Alexa PenaVega's fourth child, Indy Rex, was stillborn in 2024.
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Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
The child, which the woman named Presley Mae, was delivered stillborn, officials said.
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Catherine Dominguez,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Feb. 2026
Cillíní were reserved for babies who were stillborn, miscarried, or died at birth without having been baptized.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Carlos and Alexa PenaVega's fourth child, Indy Rex, was stillborn in 2024.
—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
The child, which the woman named Presley Mae, was delivered stillborn, officials said.
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Catherine Dominguez,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Feb. 2026
Cillíní were reserved for babies who were stillborn, miscarried, or died at birth without having been baptized.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stillborn
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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Both of his parents are deceased, and his grandmother was caring for his younger brother, who was suffering from a severe leg injury.
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There’s no sugarcoating how lifeless the offense looked this weekend.
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But here, she’s forced into a lifeless film that only has the bones of what could have been a good story about trauma, either being consumed by it or working through it.
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Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
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What’s the vibe for you, post-dying?
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Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.
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Both were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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Satellite photos showed the destruction in Venezuela left by two powerful earthquakes that struck Wednesday and left more than 900 people dead.
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Syria has been without a parliament since the December 2024 offensive by insurgents led by al-Sharaa’s now defunct Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, which ended the Assad family’s five-decade dynasty.
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Prosecutors in 2017 charged him with six counts of embezzlement, grand theft, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds in connection with his time as CEO of the now-defunct Stockton Boys and Girls Club.
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Court records show the lawsuit was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court in late May, but it was not announced until Monday.
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The police department did not release additional information late Monday.
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Jackass Forever was dedicated to Dunn and concluded with a moving tribute to their fallen comrade.
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Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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