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Recent Examples of birth pang
Such monstrosities, we were told, were merely the birth pangs of a new and mostly peaceful nation.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
But for Chollet, as for Obama, this apparent defect is actually a strength, and the current world disorder is less the result of flawed U.S. strategies than the birth pangs of a new and better order.
—Derek Chollet, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth pang
Noun
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At a time when America’s film and television industry is still struggling due to globalization and industry contraction, further unnecessary job losses only make a bad situation worse.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Formed the same way that all stellar and planetary systems form, our own Solar System formed from the contraction of a molecular cloud that triggered new star formation, giving rise to the Earth, the Sun, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The submarine is now scheduled for delivery at the end of 2028.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Here's what to know about Target's next-day delivery expansion.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility Families, communities, and societies bear the deepest loss when mothers do not survive childbirth.—
Shelley Stewart III,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Studies show providing care to mothers after childbirth can decrease the incidence and severity of postpartum depression.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Risks of marijuana in pregnancy After a pregnant woman uses marijuana in any form, the cannabis crosses into the fetus.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Although pregnancy has traditionally been considered a risk for COVID infection, Kennedy has since stated that healthy pregnant females would not qualify to get the shot.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet, Gui uncovers an intimate connection with the evil spirit, which embodies Yishui’s deepest pain about childbearing.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Helping people achieve their childbearing goals means coming up with holistic solutions that improve people's lives, such as making housing more affordable and tackling student loan debt.—
Karen Benjamin Guzzo,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The baby was fine, but Sanders-White had both a cesarean section and a hysterectomy.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
27 July 2025
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Minutes after their son, Crew, was born via cesarean section, Hailey went into cardiac arrest following an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE).—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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“Birth pang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pang. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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