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Recent Examples of stillborn
Margaret's sister, Linda, delivered the girls and told her that Charity was stillborn.
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
The Sleepover actress and the Big Time Rush star, 35, who are also parents to Rio, 3, Kingston, 5, and Ocean, 8, announced that their daughter was stillborn, sharing a joint statement on their Instagrams on April 15, 2024.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 21,000 babies are stillborn every year in the United States — affecting roughly 1 in 175 births.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Some cause lifelong disability and some are fatal, resulting in babies who are stillborn or die shortly after birth.
—Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
The Sleepover actress and the Big Time Rush star, 35, who are also parents to Rio, 3, Kingston, 5, and Ocean, 8, announced that their daughter was stillborn, sharing a joint statement on their Instagrams on April 15, 2024.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 21,000 babies are stillborn every year in the United States — affecting roughly 1 in 175 births.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Some cause lifelong disability and some are fatal, resulting in babies who are stillborn or die shortly after birth.
—Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stillborn
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Following the case of mistaken identity, the hunt for Decker continues, well over a month after his three girls were discovered deceased at 3:45 p.m. local time on June 2.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Chacon was transported by Johnson County Med-Act to a nearby hospital and was later pronounced deceased, police said.—
Laura Bauer
July 12,
Kansas City Star,
12 July 2025
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Their bodies were found lifeless with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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What was once a quiet, natural landscape is now a stark, lifeless installation of metal and wire.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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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
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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
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Since the assassination attempt on Trump that left the 50-year-old father dead, the Comperatore family has grappled with lingering and unanswered questions about what led to Comperatore’s death that day.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Jackson reportedly last checked in with dispatch on June 7 and was eventually found dead by rangers eight days later on June 15 in a camping tent on the Duck Hole trail, which is located in the Adirondack High Peaks, according to the Adirondack Explorer.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Note: The Austin Critics Table, a now defunct arts journalism group, had agreed in 2019 that actor, director, playwright and journalist Robert Faires, absent from the voting that year, deserved to be inducted into the subsequent Hall of Fame class.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Executives from the now defunct watch brand wondered if the failure of the commercial was also due in part to the watch’s bezel not being properly featured.—
Seth Reiss,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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Many among Australia’s 117,000-strong Jewish population are anxious after spate of antisemitic attacks in the country’s two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, since late last year – including arson attacks on synagogues, and swastikas scrawled on buildings and cars.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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An attendee holds a portrait of late football player Andre Silva during the funeral ceremony of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Mother Church of Gondomar, on the outskirts...—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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The area, which also includes the Mann Chinese Theater with its famous footprints of departed stars, also has the classic El Capitan theater, owned by Disney.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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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
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Future of South Miami mall takes new path What’s replacing Shops at Sunset Place? Replacing the moribund mall will be seven towers, ranging from 12 to 33 stories, including 1,513 residences, 287-room hotel and a 1,300-seat movie theater.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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For now, a campaign promise by South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung to invest 100 trillion won in AI and introduce measures to support the country’s internet giants has led Kakao’s previously moribund shares to surge over 85% in the past two months.—
John Kang,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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