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pregnancy loss

American  
[preg-nuhn-see laws] / ˈprɛg nən si ˈlɔs /

noun

  1. the death of a fetus or embryo before birth; miscarriage.


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She had sent Gillespie an ultrasound image that Woodnick and his client say they discovered—through a reverse image search on Google—had been lifted from a Texas woman’s blog post about her own pregnancy loss.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

In June, as I was drafting this essay, we experienced another pregnancy loss, this time a rare and dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

While pregnancy loss is often framed as something experienced primarily by women, Babies highlights the shared emotional impact within relationships.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

"If it makes one person able to talk about pregnancy loss when they previously couldn't, I think the show will have been a success," says Paapa Essiedu.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

Grandmothers have been prosecuted decades after pregnancy loss thanks to investigators using forensic genetic genealogy to hunt them down.

From Slate Aug. 23, 2025

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