waiting room
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"Jasper," a man with severe constipation who passes away in the sweltering waiting room, first appears in the season’s opening episode, and can later be glimpsed shedding layers of clothing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A packed waiting room, doctors under pressure, mental health crises.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Out of the little hole in the bulletproof glass, the whole waiting room would hear as she shouted at them, “Where is the 533-C form?”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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