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  • They put him aside in a room called The Expectant Ward, a room where he was supposed to die.

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2005 2005

  • The figure itself, which is called the Expectant Wife, resembles that of a woman.

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • KRAFT: One of the most difficult things about combat medicine is the idea of triage where we have to admit that there are some people for whom we're not going to be able -- every effort we have is not going to be enough to save them and the resources need to be spent on the people that we can save, so unlike anything we have in the States we have a place called the Expectant Room or the Expectant Ward, where we triage people who are very critically injured and there's a team of people that are in there including the psychologists sometimes to actually just provide support and comfort and provide dignity for the last moments of that hero's life.

    CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2007 2007

  • "Expectant" was thrown in VERY much on purpose to be out of place.

    bard Diary Entry bard 2001

  • Expectant dads, meanwhile -- especially those who have a history of depression and are worried about a recurrence -- should anticipate a bout of postpartum depression long before the baby arrives.

    Dads Can Get Post-Partum Depression Too Health 2011

  • Expectant parents choose to undergo prenatal testing for many reasons, including to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy.

    New Prenatal Tests Offer Safer, Early Screenings Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

  • Expectant parents Meghan and Alan of Plymouth, MA, started 2009 with an unexpected gift.

    Mackenzie's Story 2010

  • "We're absolutely, completely vindicated" by the judge's ruling, said Chris Slattery, president of Expectant Mother Care Frontline Pregnancy Centers, one of the plaintiffs in the case.

    Free Speech Cited in Clinics Ruling Michael Howard Saul 2011

  • Expectant dads, meanwhile -- especially those who have a history of depression and are worried about a recurrence -- should anticipate a bout of postpartum depression long before the baby arrives.

    Dads Can Get Post-Partum Depression Too Health 2011

  • Expectant parents have been learning the gender of their unborn children for years.

    Couples throw 'reveal parties' to divulge unborn baby's gender 2011

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