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nanny

[nan-ee] / ˈnæn i /
NOUN
children's nurse
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Our son had a nanny and then pre-K so my wife could work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2025, Pratt’s nanny burst through the door of his house in the Palisades, Pratt wrote in his memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Latifi interviewed the former weekend nanny of a prominent influencing family who never saw her work acknowledged online.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

In fact only Zamora Yrala himself, his then wife, her brother and the family's nanny were ever on the payroll, the court heard.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

“The child is bewitched,” the frightened nanny explained.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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