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- verb rare Present participle of
midwife . More commonlymidwiving .
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Examples
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To presume that American citizens would go on paying the tab for the midwifing of Iraq for generations is very much out of touch with American aspirations and priorities today.
Steve Clemons: Getting the Audit Right on Iraq Steve Clemons 2011
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To presume that American citizens would go on paying the tab for the midwifing of Iraq for generations is very much out of touch with American aspirations and priorities today.
Steve Clemons: Getting the Audit Right on Iraq Steve Clemons 2011
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In this way, they are midwifing a new era of collaboration and cooperation, what I call a revolution hidden in plain sight.
Birute Regine: 2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open Birute Regine 2011
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To presume that American citizens would go on paying the tab for the midwifing of Iraq for generations is very much out of touch with American aspirations and priorities today.
Steve Clemons: Getting the Audit Right on Iraq Steve Clemons 2011
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In this way, they are midwifing a new era of collaboration and cooperation, what I call a revolution hidden in plain sight.
Birute Regine: 2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open Birute Regine 2011
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The Europeans, who pushed hard for the NATO intervention, seem to care more about buying Libya's oil than midwifing a new Arab democracy.
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And apparently, we could have gotten into a whole show on your midwifing. laughs
Mike Ragogna: From LP1 to a Sky Full Of Holes: Chatting with Joss Stone and Fountains Of Wayne, plus The Beau Brummels' Bradley's Barn (audio) Mike Ragogna 2011
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And apparently, we could have gotten into a whole show on your midwifing. laughs
Mike Ragogna: From LP1 to a Sky Full Of Holes: Chatting with Joss Stone and Fountains Of Wayne, plus The Beau Brummels' Bradley's Barn (audio) Mike Ragogna 2011
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Venture capital companies line Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, adjacent to legal firms midwifing the birth of new companies.
How to Fire Up U.S. Innovation Vinton G. Cerf 2011
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You've been midwifing a Miles Davis movie for years.
Constructing a 'House of Lies' John Jurgensen 2011
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