minister
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Koike first introduced the summer wardrobe shift as Japan's environment minister in 2005.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Andy Burnham told the inaugural meeting of his cabinet Tuesday that he would lead a "cost-of-living government", after unveiling an energy tax cut on his first full day as prime minister.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Like the ousted defence minister, the commander-in-chief avoided directly personal attacks, but the object of much of his criticism was pretty clear.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But in a post on X, former minister Darren Jones said the ID program had been "unfunded".
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
So far, Willem’s position as a minister had prevented direct action against him and Tine, but he was watched, he said, more closely than ever.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But he conceded that funding new announcements ahead of his first Budget, where big tax decisions are made, would require ministers to be "prepared to reprioritise" how they allocate their budgets.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Environment Minister Senator Mary Le Hegarat said ministers were working to "fully understand" the report and its findings.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
British prime ministers come and go at such a dizzying pace that it takes longer for most outsiders to learn their names than it does for them to serve their term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Despite being "worried" about the quick turnaround of prime ministers, retiree Margaret Healey said she wanted to "give him a chance".
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Prayers were offered by two ministers and a rabbi.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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
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
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
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
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
My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
And so he continues ministering to the lepers and outcasts.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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