minister
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When Carney ran for prime minister, his Liberal party had been in power for 10 years and he faced a 25-point deficit in the polls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
About 1,400 people had fled to Djibouti, the country's minister of economy and finance Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh said on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
In Peru, the Senate recently voted unanimously to summon the foreign minister to explain what the country was committing to by joining the Shield of the Americas, and the extent of U.S. involvement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The minister explained that this change will not apply during the 2026/27 academic year, in order to allow schools to change their uniform policies.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Abigail was his chief domestic minister without portfolio.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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First, the return to Parliament in September, when Burnham and other leading ministers would make their first statements to MPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In theory, there will be no upper limit - though ministers are said to believe mayors are unlikely to make it too expensive.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Wong said that raising the pay of ministers was necessary to attract better talent.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The salary for junior ministers, meanwhile, will jump to S$1.8 million from $1.1 million currently, although actual payouts will rise only gradually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ah—” he raised his hands, smiling—‘‘don’t you worry about ministers.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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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
Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
Mama Antula was an 18th century laywoman who ministered to the poor and helped keep Jesuit spirituality alive in Argentina after the religious order — to which the pope belongs — was suppressed.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 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
There, as they began to die of beriberi, diphtheria, smallpox, cholera, and torture, Duckworth ministered to them as chaplain even as he worked side by side with them.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
Two of them made a number of visits but spent more time performing autopsies on dead bodies than ministering to the sick.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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