intensive
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In late May, Cody’s daughter Hannah Davis shared that the radio host had been admitted to the intensive care unit with heart and kidney failure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Hugh was transferred to Morriston Hospital in Swansea for the surgery before being kept in intensive care for six days.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The process of reaching a deal with the two suspects was "long, intensive, and complex," said prosecutors.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Another student described the exam as "far more difficult" and "time intensive" than any maths past papers.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Pottery helped those Japanese hunter-gatherers to exploit their environment’s rich food resources more than 10,000 years before intensive agriculture reached Japan.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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