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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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Two weeks later, a doctor diagnosed Fennell, 53 years old, with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, a condition that leads to sudden, often permanent vision loss.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

In the 2024 special “The End of Obesity,” a doctor recommends semaglutide for Cartman after diet and exercise fail to meaningfully improve his health.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

“I can’t recognize him in this picture,” the doctor said between sobs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Nooria, which is not her real name, still remembers one of the moments that made her want to be a doctor.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

"But he's got a bad hand. It's frozen. Turning black. He needs a doctor."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The breakthrough established MAL as a human blood group system and gave doctors a new way to identify the exceptionally rare people whose blood lacks the AnWj antigen.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

While some evidence suggests semaglutide could roughly double patients’ risk, that would still lead to very few losing vision, doctors said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

They were often doctors or academics who “knew the science,” but “that didn’t seem to matter.”

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

He consulted with an array of doctors throughout the Central Valley and interviewed county officials, often hitting dead ends the moment he uttered “union” or “farmworkers.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Mom’s doctors say that the treatments seem to be working.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

The company’s new management team has also been probing its accounting practices, and said it found evidence of doctored invoices and double-pledged collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Now, I doctored this passage to make it bewilderingly incoherent, just to dramatize the topic of this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“Back then, they had 30 cowboys who rode every day, seven days a week, doctoring cattle. I’ve got five,” the younger Nieto said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

"There was a little bit of stone doctoring," he said.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2025

The clinic note is a vital part of doctoring.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2025

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, apologized on Monday for doctoring a photo of her with her three children, which was recalled by several news agencies on Sunday after they determined the image had been manipulated.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2024

I wasn’t done doctoring, but Karl was done being a patient.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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