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But also, starving whales are less likely to get pregnant, carry a pregnancy to term and be able to nurse and raise a calf.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Hiring someone to carry your baby to term is a booming business.
—Emi Nietfeld, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
Saturday marks the official end of the 2024 hurricane season, which saw 11 hurricanes, well above the average of seven, leading some meteorologists to term it the busiest on record.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
For others in similar circumstances, the attempt at maintaining connection had ended in recrimination, as in the case of Donna Fasano, who in 1998, because of a clinic’s mistake, carried another couple’s embryo to term along with her own.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Hiring someone to carry your baby to term is a booming business.
—Emi Nietfeld, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
Saturday marks the official end of the 2024 hurricane season, which saw 11 hurricanes, well above the average of seven, leading some meteorologists to term it the busiest on record.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
For others in similar circumstances, the attempt at maintaining connection had ended in recrimination, as in the case of Donna Fasano, who in 1998, because of a clinic’s mistake, carried another couple’s embryo to term along with her own.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“To term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20term. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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