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er

[uh, er] / ə, ər /




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She ended up having to go to the ER a total of six times to receive proper treatment and a diagnosis.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

I’m an ER doctor who has spent my career addressing poverty as a root cause of our nation’s biggest health problems, so this spoke to me.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Only this wasn’t ER, and Dr. Weiner’s voice, dispassionate as he tried to make it, contained an unmistakable trace of actual human horror.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

“When a person needs an ER doctor, no sane person stops to ask about the doctor’s race,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Eventually an ER doctor walked into the waiting room.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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