minister
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Yanis Varoufakis, the leather jacket-clad celebrity economist who was Tsipras’s finance minister in the tumultuous first six months of his premiership, continues to rage against the policy of high surpluses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Albanese's conservative predecessor Tony Abbott landed in hot water in 2015 for laughing at a joke by his immigration minister about time-keeping on Pacific islands and the threat of sea flooding due to climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
After years of trailing Labour, Plaid won the largest number of seats, allowing party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth to become first minister.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
He added: "In the here and now, I deal with those issues dealing with the UK prime minister."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Think of the responsibility which you are asking me to take!” the czar told his foreign minister.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Ahead of the summit, Burnham told ministers: "We will take opportunities that make people in this country better off."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Eurogroup, which brings together eurozone finance ministers, announced the two candidates last week, praising their "extensive experience and international standing".
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
"That's why ministers have been talking to me over the last day or two," he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The organisation argued ministers should prioritise spending that helps "shift Wales from a system focused on treating illness to one that creates health and wellbeing".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
DC’s black community was the largest and wealthiest in the nation and included businessmen, lawyers, teachers, and ministers.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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As a missionary, parish priest and later as bishop in northern Peru he ministered to the poor, denounced the excesses of power and lobbied for action on climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
Before his career took off, Reilly volunteered for the United Farm Workers and lived an ascetic life, sheltering in church halls, as he ministered to the poor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
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
And no doubt Hilaria has been torn between ministering to her husband and her children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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
“A ministering angel,” said Bono, and pressed her free hand to his lips.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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