nurse
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I am a nurse, although I am not working at the moment because I earned “too much” last year and am concerned about how that might affect my Social Security benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Retired oncology nurse Rosa Rivera-Ayala, part of the "Vote Safe" initiative, has stationed herself near a polling place in DeKalb County, which has a majority-Black population and a large number of naturalized American citizens.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Patients can be referred to the pilot clinic by their surgeon, breast care nurse, oncology team or GP and there are plans to develop the service across Sussex.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
But Kelly Whitworth, a nurse in Anchorage, wasn’t buying the confusion argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
He scribbled furiously with his pencil to find exactly how many baby nurse interviews could fit into one afternoon, otherwise known as the afternoon/baby nurse problem.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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For example, over the past three decades, Dementia UK has developed a well-established network of specialist dementia nurses known as Admiral Nurses, who work in a range of hospital and community settings.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“We are standing with the powers that ought to be — the teachers and the nurses, the farmers and the ranchers, the grandmother who is facing eviction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A group portrait honors Black Red Cross nurses, who had long been excluded from training programs and were recruited during labor shortages toward the end of World War I.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Overall, the complaint paints a picture of a system sowing confusion and unease for nurses, teachers and other borrowers, many of whom have been working in public-service jobs and paying their loans for years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
And in the middle of Eisman’s colonoscopy, a roomful of doctors and nurses retold the story of Eisman’s genius.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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This misbegotten “romanticization of lunacy in popular culture,” Mr. deBoer says, is “one of many aggravations I have nursed for years.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The bird, affectionately nicknamed Kinky because of the kink in its broken wing, was nursed back to health by its two, unusually caring parents.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
She nursed a swollen ankle after falling in the evacuation centre.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
To the naked eye the Ghiscari looked more formidable than the Yunkish slave soldiers, but Tyrion nursed doubts.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Judy Reyes was nursing a severe case of homesickness when she arrived in Los Angeles nearly 25 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
She had a decade-long career in nursing and public policy and found new opportunities through referrals from friends, colleagues or through people she met at events where she spoke.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
"I am still nursing an internal wound in my eyes," he said, adding that he now experiences shortness of breath and constant headaches.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
"It makes me sad," deputy head of nursing Lorna Lear says.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
How my great-grandmother met my great-grandfather when she was nursing him.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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