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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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Buy the car, if you get the OK from your doctor and insurance company.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

"If I hadn't had a voice, or if I'd just listened to that doctor, I could be sitting here now and they'd say, 'it's in your bones, in your brain'," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Records show that Atavis was purchased by a doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 23 and stayed with the family after slavery ended and was buried in the family cemetery in 1874.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

A Glendale doctor who fraudulently billed more than $45 million in Botox injections to Medicare and used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The doctor said there wasn’t much wrong with Daisy’s old leg.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Plague infects ferrets and humans alike, so emergency room doctors in nearby Wall and Rapid City are trained to proactively treat field technicians if they show up with body aches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

EMS transported Apa to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where doctors tried to save her life for more than six hours, her father, Steve Apa, told the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

"The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery," his team said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Although doctors have more treatment options than ever, many people still struggle to lower their cholesterol to safe levels.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Leah was asked to place her feet on the floor; the doctors directed Maggie to sit with her legs extended.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

In May, state media published a photo showing Suu Kyi talking to officials, but Aris says it may have been doctored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

According to the lawsuit and subsequent discovery, they doctored a 911 report, stating that the call was unfounded and that no suspect was identified, omitting Williams’ identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Soon, real and doctored versions of those photos were filtering their way across the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor said at the time: "Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

After Mama burned him, Papi said a captain in the merchant marines took pity on him and doctored his papers so they’d say he was injured during an explosion on board.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Javice was arrested in 2023 for doctoring customer lists while selling her company, Frank, to JPMorgan for $175 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

The clinic note is a vital part of doctoring.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

She is alleged to have completed the tests across multiple test centres in the UK, disguising herself and doctoring ID documents to evade detection.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

When Catherine, Princess of Wales, confessed last week to digitally altering a photo of her with her children, news agencies began examining Catherine’s gallery of royal family photos for other examples of doctoring.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

For a time, Jim Kim did some doctoring himself, before turning his attention to management, training, and fund-raising.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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