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

They had been nursed back to health after being sickened by a toxic algal bloom.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 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

Twain was both a brilliant writer who exposed America’s hypocrisies with humor and wit, and an angry man who savored revenge, nursed grudges and blamed God for the blows fate rained down on his head.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

Regina would take the boy with her when she nursed Schonberg and Bobby would play his great-cousin as the old man sat in bed.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady