minister
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The reporting continued after the war when Bevan was made health minister in Attlee's government.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Serious and unassuming, Eisenkot is in many ways the opposite of Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving prime minister, who has flawless American-accented English and is ever ready with headline-grabbing soundbites on US television or social media.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Monitoring continued after Bevan, from Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, became a minister in the post-war Labour government when he drove through the creation of the NHS in the face of opposition from doctors.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The office of Israel’s prime minister didn’t reply to a request for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Even the vice minister of justice insisted on performing, and his was the best voice of all.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked ministers to develop a plan to remove standing charges from gas bills.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He is due to meet Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who says ministers in Cardiff should hand more powers to local authorities, later this month.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
During his visit to the Uzbek city of Samarkand, an emblematic stop on the historic Silk Road, Rubio will participate in a C5+1 meeting with ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But it says it wants a clear commitment to action by ministers, rather than simply saying they will look further at what needs to be done.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rounding out the large party were three doctors, two ministers, a military general, a former secretary of the US Navy, more writers and editors, plus a businessman or two.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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He ministered to thousands of weekly worshipers in the 2010s, including the likes of Kevin Durant, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, whom he baptized in the bathtub of a former NBA player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
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
Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
Elnora and I ministered to her with the juice of bitter roots and crushed flowers to purge her foul humors and ease the pains in her head.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Though in his chosen profession, Colbert has undoubtedly had a far greater impact, ministering to millions in a way few, if any, cultural figures who exist outside the religious sphere have ever done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Describing her experience ministering as a person of colour, Rev Eileen Cremin said it was "overall positive".
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 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
My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
“It’s in Hebrews. It says, ‘Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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