wet-nurse

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Recent Examples of wet-nurse With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 In von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024
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Verb
  • But Waller has been nursing a hip injury since joining the team, and didn’t participate in a single training camp practice.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In the accompanying image, Baz is lying on her side, nursing her son in a low cut bra while holding a bottle in her free hand.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Holding on for a win on Saturday finally allowed the Padres to gain a game in the NL West on the on Dodgers, who lost a fifth straight when the Orioles spoiled a no-hitter with two outs and ultimately walked off a win.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Besides, if one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel, then just imagine the good that Maria could do by removing it from the rest of the bunch.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The best rooms look out over the sea and the rugged peaks of Cavall Bernat—a view shared by the rooftop restaurant, where local meats star in dishes like suckling porc negre and pastry stuffed with guinea fowl in almond sauce.
    Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
  • However, occasionally, puppies may continue attempting to suckle—sometimes even from other dogs.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Verb
  • So the big question now is, which type of football will baby Gianna grow up to play, if at all?
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.
    Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • She was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona, 26 and father Tony, 25, with two other siblings Pork Stew and Sweet Pork at the zoo in Chonburi, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, reported.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • Moo Deng was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona and father Tony at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025

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