infirmary
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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
Guests are encouraged to rummage about the infirmary, taxidermist’s place, padded room, libraries, apothecaries, laundry and even a detective agency.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023
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
I stay in the infirmary for as long as I can, and with the sugar cubes and food and rest from work, my body gradually grows stronger.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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