minister
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Tokyo's defence minister said Tuesday the military needs to be boosted with a "sense of urgency and crisis", as a new government assessment warned of growing threats from China, Russia and North Korea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
She was reappointed as victims minister when Burnham took office.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The group is urging the prime minister to force councils to regularly assess whether children have enough time, space and freedom to play where they live.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Around six weeks after becoming prime minister, Brown travelled to Dorset for a break with his family.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
At 5:44 A.M. on Saturday, the prime minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, issued the evacuation order for everyone within 6 miles of the plant—about 45,000 people altogether.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Felix talks sovereign debt with the man finance ministers consult when even they don’t get it.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Earlier this year former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and some of his ministers said the government would step in if customers were being ripped off by fuel retailers.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He told the ministers that if the U.S. or Israel attacked, Tehran would react forcefully to defend itself and Washington would bear the consequences, according to a readout released by Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He backed a video meeting of interior ministers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
I mention this because the opening prayer of one of the ministers has stayed with me over these many years and was a source of strength at a difficult time.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The Rev. Rob Schenck, a former Christian nationalist who once ministered to the right in Washington, told me that Suozzi said at the time that he was living at C Street.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
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
It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24 years.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Even her hair was graciously in place as if an angel had ministered to her.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The region’s Catholic institutions responded to last year’s aggressive raids with an outpouring of charity, reorganizing many food pantries around grocery delivery and ministering directly to communities many described as under siege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
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
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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