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By 1956, hospital births were becoming more common, and midwifery textbooks were recommending that a "wrist name-tape" or "string of lettered china beads" should be attached directly to the newborn.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

In the early days, actually through much of 2020, when people were recommending avoiding indoor gatherings, we were very dismissive of people gathering in churches, kind of dismissed it as not-an-essential thing.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

But they said it posed a risk to civilian planes, and they could not rule out that it had surveillance capabilities, so they were recommending that the United States shoot it down just in case.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

Gunnar Wilhelmsen, mayor of the city of 77,000, said authorities were recommending using face masks, social distancing and working from home.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021

We were doubtful about the trees they were recommending, and we got a considerable number and planted them out, but we took pretty good care of them; but they all died in winter.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association