nursed

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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

“As a mom who nursed two babies, I know the stress of traveling when babies get hungry,” Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

He has been carefully nursed back to fitness on a diet of white-ball cricket and played for Sussex in the County Championship last week, taking one wicket in 18 overs.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

They don't need to: the pups will happily take turns being nursed from the same mammary gland, and this devoted and well-cared-for mother spends plenty of time with each of her many, many beloved children.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Tess reminds me of Metias, of how he’d nursed me back to health on the day of his induction.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu