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childbed

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as in lying-in

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Recent Examples of childbed After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking. — Time, 20 Jan. 2023

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confinement

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As such, it could be easily exported to describe Jewish quarters elsewhere—and eventually adapted to describe sites of confinement or exclusion the world over.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
In the 1925 novel, the appearance of fledglings symbolizes freedom, confinement and even spiritual rebirth, themes that follow lead characters Clarissa and Sally (whom Edebiri portrays) as the story unfolds.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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