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Recent Examples of stillborn
The commercial dry cleaner is about 190 miles east of Dallas, where the child was stillborn on May 3, CBS News, NBCDFW5, and KBTX3 reported.
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 30 May 2025
Almost one year prior to her death, Boman gave birth to her son Camden, a stillborn baby boy, her mother said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
Margaret's sister, Linda, delivered the girls and told her that Charity was stillborn.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 30 May 2025
Almost one year prior to her death, Boman gave birth to her son Camden, a stillborn baby boy, her mother said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
Margaret's sister, Linda, delivered the girls and told her that Charity was stillborn.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 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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Heading into the last round, Dacres is tired, but Sirenko is lifeless and seemingly just going through the motions.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Not long after, Blanca, the daughters, and Abel—Nicolás’ piano student and secret lover—found his lifeless body in the farm’s lake.—
Time,
Time,
18 July 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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Within months, however, Carter’s financial backer Lord Carnarvon was dead from a mysterious illness.—
Justin Stebbing,
JSTOR Daily,
24 July 2025
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There has been a gradual normalization of ties between India and China in recent months after relations were deeply strained in June 2020, when a brutal hand-to-hand battle in the Galwan Valley left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
24 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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Trump has pointed to relatively low inflation and good employment numbers as reasons to cut sooner, saying the Fed has been too late to act and is holding back the American economy.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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As of March, Anthropic closed its latest funding round at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
15 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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Four years after Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the Welsh Wrexham AFC team and boosted the moribund club’s status from the lower-rung National League to a historic three consecutive promotions in the English Football League, Snoop Dogg is getting in on the action.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
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And China purchases nearly all of Iran’s oil exports, providing vital resources to its moribund economy.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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