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infirmary

[in-fur-muh-ree] / ɪnˈfɜr mə ri /
NOUN
clinic
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Ayla Herrero, a 26-year-old anthropologist helping at the camp's infirmary, said it was "inspiring for us to know that we're inspiring other people, that it doesn't just stay here".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

A sort of community in miniature emerged, with security and scavenger teams and plumbers and one lone doctor running an overpacked infirmary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

He tossed batting practice, visited kids in the infirmary and signed autographs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

One woman, a BBC journalist who does not want to be named, said she knew her newborn son was seriously ill within minutes of giving birth at the infirmary in 2021.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

Ton- Ton really needed another day in the infirmary, but he obeyed without a murmur.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

A pediatrician, my aunt jumped into action: Building and running makeshift infirmaries for children and trying to create some form of order in the face of insurmountable — and ongoing — need.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023

Hospitals’ infirmaries are facing greatest demand at the moment, and no longer their intensive-care units as occurred last year, according to Alberto Chebabo, the vice-president of the Brazilian society of infectious disease specialists.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

The injured were diverted to workhouse infirmaries to be treated after Swansea General Hospital was bombed.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2021

The tide overwhelmed camp hospitals, relief organizations built temporary infirmaries, and the Army converted barracks to house battalions of sickened men.

From Slate ● May 16, 2020

Were the SS really going to leav e hundreds of prisoners behind in the infirmaries, pending the arrival of their liberators?

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel


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