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nurse

[nurs] / nɜrs /






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He revealed in April that he has a live-in nurse and that it’s an “ongoing” effort to manage his health.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"I think it would be really exciting to see different kinds of costumes," the 38-year-old nurse told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

In early 1999, Lieberson put her career on hold to nurse her sister Alexis, who was gravely ill from breast cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Announcing the plans at the SNP conference last October, First Minister John Swinney said they would eventually deliver "over one million additional GP and nurse appointments" per year.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The nurse who checked him out named him Win because she figured he needed one.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

On a recent summer day, loud air conditioners blew cool air as nurses drew blood and tended wounds, calling to mind the makeshift spaces used during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

That experience is due to come in handy, people around Brown say, now that the modern USW covers a spectrum of 850,000 cradle-to-grave workers from maternity nurses to casket makers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The findings provide early evidence that communication between neural circuits helps determine whether a worker bee nurses the queen, builds or guards the hive, or searches for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The Nottingham Inquiry, which heard evidence from doctors, nurses and other NHS staff, was told there had been numerous errors in Calocane's care and management.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

They were pouring out the door now, leaning on the arms of nurses and hospital helpers, the old, the ill.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

Jones nursed a knee injury during training camp and was traded to the Tennessee Titans.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 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

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

That shift matched the insects' normal progression from nursing larvae inside the nest to gathering food outside it.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

In an effort to keep more people in their own homes and avoid the expense of a nursing home, Medicaid programs across the nation have been expanding their coverage of home care.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

People have been evacuated from nursing homes, campsites, public buildings and private homes as the flames encroach on urban areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

South Korea's president urged financial watchdogs to take "necessary measures" over new highly speculative investment products tied to the fortunes of the nation's AI chipmakers after share price declines left investors nursing losses.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Regina was constantly active, working as a stenographer on those days that she had no nursing classes.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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