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physic

[fiz-ik] / ˈfɪz ɪk /




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A spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey and purveyor of physic memorabilia online, Williamson spent about a year seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2023

Lord Sands in “Henry VIII”: ’Tis time to give ’em physic, their diseases are grown so catching.”

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2020

Greenall’s Berkeley Square London Dry Gin summons, for him, “the atmosphere of an English physic garden in summer.”

From New York Times Dec. 11, 2012

On hours of talk or squabbling rude, Of physic, barbers, flirting, food, A gentleman does not intrude.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, if you don’t feel good why don’t you take a physic?

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

One famous Odesan who found himself at the centre of the language controversy is Pavlo Viktor, a physics teacher whose online lessons have been followed by millions around the world.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Huang said that world models, which are designed to comprehend real-world physics, may still struggle to actually achieve that goal in three years.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

Brust and Wray, both 34, met in physics class at St. Olaf College in their native Minnesota more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Discovering what dark matter is made of remains one of the most important unresolved problems in modern physics.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Zero is behind all of the big puzzles in physics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Our illustrations might be indefinitely multiplied, but those given will amply suffice to show the way in which our fathers were physicked.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

Being a capable needlewoman she soon had them apparelled more to her liking, and the labour physicked pain.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan

Say”––his eyes wandered to where his carefully written regulations were posted, “talkin’ o’ baths, have you physicked the kids right?”

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum

She was well physicked, and on the third day was produced before my class and properly secured.

From The Dog by William Youatt

Some people refuse to be bled or physicked on a Friday.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant

I told him I was going physicking, that the camps were down with fever, and the spread of it might seriously interfere with Dave's work.

From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Ridgwell Cullum

Be that as it may, she broke up her establishment in town at this time, and retired to a lonely cottage in Wales, where she amused herself in superintending her dairy and physicking the poor.

From Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century by George Paston

Besides, the dog was a good creature, and deserved a good physicking; he did indeed.

From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The popular treatment, which comprehends blood-letting, physicking, and the use of powerful diuretics, has proved notoriously unsuccessful.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Night and day, my lady, for two years, have I peen physicking his excellency and all his family:—de governor is subject to de malady of a pad digestion and crudities which gives him troublesome dreams.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy




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