minister
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Netanyahu, who turns 77 on October 21, is Israel's longest-serving prime minister, having served as prime minister on and off for more than 19 years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Netanyahu has been Israel’s prime minister for nearly 19 years over multiple terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Speaking at the SNP conference in Aberdeen on Saturday, the first minister said buses would be brought under public control by 2031 through franchising and regulation, with a Bill tabled in Holyrood next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The crown prince’s half-brother, the kingdom’s energy minister, did defiantly assert there is “no room for fear in the vocabulary of Saudis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Farmer graciously thanked the vice minister for all that he’d done.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The former dinner lady's campaign brought her into contact with prime ministers, lords, and Hollywood actor Hugh Grant's Hacked Off campaign.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
More than 15,000 people signed her petition, and the campaign also won the backing of two former prime ministers, several MPs, influential figures, mental health advocates, and online safety experts.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
But the chair of the Least Developed Countries group representing the world's 44 poorest nations also signed the letter, as did ministers from small-island states and many emerging economies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The economic possibilities—and potential perils—of the new technology dominated discussions among finance ministers and central bankers gathered for the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Up on the speaker’s platform, we ministers and other officials of the Nation, entering from backstage, found ourselves chairs in the five or six rows behind the big chair reserved for Mr. Muhammad.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Powe’s relatives belonged to the Knights, named for a 17th century Spanish Jesuit who ministered to enslaved people in Colombia and is the country’s patron saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
One of them, Sister Jeannine Gramick, has ministered to LGBTQ+ Catholics for more than 50 years and is a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, which advocates on their behalf.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
I ministered to the Young Man who had caught the poIworst.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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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
He kept thinking of her in that cabin, ministering to the bronze girl, all concern and kindness.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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