critically
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"Of course it was extremely scary," he says, "but at that stage, when you are critically ill, there's not really much you can do about it. You have to accept it."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The drug was generally well tolerated, and the critically ill patients in the trial lived longer than patients receiving standard treatments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Most troubling is the decline in the very skills that matter most in the AI age: evaluating information, making connections across multiple sources, and thinking critically about what we read,” the report notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Metzler went on to lead the critically acclaimed 2021 limited series “Maid” for Netflix, her first job as a showrunner, and signed an overall deal with the streamer in early 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Law students had started arriving for short term internships, which provided us with additional legal assistance and critically needed investigative help.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
