minister
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The scientists presented their findings to Tuvalu's fisheries minister in December last year and were met with disbelief.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The prime minister, however, will also have to reckon with growing questions about how the attacker—Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, people familiar with the matter said—slipped through security to work such a sensitive route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
South Korea's defence minister said on Tuesday the military had "a range of necessary measures at our disposal, and we will implement them in stages" to respond to the DMZ incident, without providing further detail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
French justice minister Gerald Darmanin said things had "gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those working in the sleeping rooms received far less supervision than those at the tables, and Betsie found herself with most of the day in which to minister to those around her.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Two technocratic deputy finance ministers were appointed, easing concerns over policy continuity following the cabinet reshuffle, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
She told BBC Radio 4's Radical podcast that while she could not veto decisions, she could scrutinise and advise ministers to make sure decisions also benefited people who were not yet born.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Last week, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in New York, the first meeting between the countries’ foreign ministers since 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Earlier this year Scottish ministers called on the government to grant them powers to put their own restrictions on new young drivers.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A wireless set mumbles the names of ministers in a harried, staccato voice—de Gaulle in London, Petain replacing Reynaud.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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During his retirement, he ministered at St Mary the Virgin in Eastbourne until he was barred in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Among those he ministered to were two female prisoners, one of them a Muslim, which raised some hackles in the Vatican.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
He ministered to Inuit communities until he left in the 1990s and returned to France.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
I was sick all day Sunday, ministered to by my girlfriend, who fed me chicken soup and bathed my head with wet washcloths.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
She shooed me out of the room and ministered to Perilee.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
They both earned plaudits for doing the hard work of ministering from blue-collar cities — Buenos Aires for Francis, San Antonio for Gomez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
The Church of England says that faith chaplains have been ministering to schools for centuries.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
Vincent is also discovering a talent for and fulfillment in ministering to the sick and injured.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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