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- verb Present participle of
miscarry .
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Examples
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An unwanted child is a greater crime than miscarrying which is no crime at all, but would be if you took your anti-abortion laws to fruition.
People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Suzanne 2006
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Morrison and other critics cite cases such as one in which a woman 15-weeks pregnant with twins sought help at Sierra Vista in November after miscarrying one twin at home.
Religious hospitals' restrictions sparking conflicts, scrutiny Rob Stein 2011
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I ended up miscarrying 10 weeks into the pregnancy.
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Many women do not reveal they are pregnant for many weeks for fear of miscarrying – but when they do lose their baby, nobody will support them because they did not know they were expecting.
Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage 2011
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"There is no getting away from the hurt of miscarriage, but there are a number of simple changes that could make a considerable difference to the level of trauma miscarrying parents undergo," said Justine Roberts, co-founder of Mumsnet.
Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage 2011
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Stephanie Prior, a partner of Anthony Gold Solicitors, said: "I have clients who fell pregnant as they were unaware that the Implanon device had not been inserted into their arm and they suffered psychological difficulties as a consequence of falling pregnant and later miscarrying or having to make the difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy."
Hundreds become pregnant despite contraceptive implant Implanon 2011
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Laura and Andrew had no problem becoming pregnant but Laura kept miscarrying in the first trimester.
Kristen Houghton: Dealing With Infertility: Will a Child Make Me Happy? 2010
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Referring to cases described in Lori R. Freedman's excellent article on miscarriage mismanagement in Catholic hospitals in the American Journal of Public Health, the ACLU charges that Catholic hospitals are refusing to terminate pregnancies of hemorrhaging, septic, miscarrying women until the fetal heartbeat stops, and are sending women to other hospitals up to 90 miles away to receive life-saving reproductive health care.
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Hosea 9: 14 give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
What Do Declining Abortion Rates Mean for Crime in the Future? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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TD gives me time off from work and doesn't remember to harass me about my irresponsible behaviour while my wife is miscarrying till a good week later.
Obituary 2010
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