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recuperate

[ri-koo-puh-reyt, -kyoo-] / rɪˈku pəˌreɪt, -ˈkju- /


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It forced him to take a break so he could recuperate at home.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Last month, he was moved to house arrest to recuperate after being hospitalized with bronchopneumonia.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

The former world champion was deemed fit to recuperate at home, the Ogun and Lagos states said in a joint statement, describing him as "heavy hearted" over the loss of his friends.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

The Kigali course was a brutal loop that offered little chance to recuperate.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Grandfather would recuperate at home with Mother, and I could care for them both.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Once she recuperates, she plans to return to part-time consulting to keep her mind active and feel productive.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

The 30-year-old, who has not played since April, is not in England's latest training squad, which was announced on Monday, as he recuperates.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2023

“They’ve already showed their hand,” she said, by refusing to let a temporary replacement fill in while Feinstein recuperates from shingles and its severe side effects.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2023

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said he would ask the chamber this week to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve on the Judiciary Committee while she recuperates.

From Reuters Apr. 18, 2023

Winter has settled down over the Divide again; the season in which Nature recuperates, in which she sinks to sleep between the fruitfulness of autumn and the passion of spring.

From O Pioneers! by Willa Sibert Cather

While the dog recuperated, a woman arrived at the shelter later that day to report that her dog, Teddy, had been missing for more than a month.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In those days, basketball was the go-to sport for wheelchair users and had been suggested to Parks while he recuperated in hospital but he had other ideas.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

After Coronado recuperated, he marched east until the Spaniards encountered 12 Tiwa pueblos near present-day Albuquerque, N.M.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

The Americans turned the screw in the third quarter as Auston Matthews recuperated a loose puck and set up Jake Guentzel, who blasted past Sogaard.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

Under normal circumstances the system would probably have recuperated, as had happened many times previously.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Seven health care workers are accused of criminal negligence over the care Maradona received before his death at age 60 in November 2020, while he was recuperating from brain surgery.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

It was revealed the 74-year-old from Skewen, Wales, had been rushed to a hospital near her home in Faro, Portugal, on Wednesday for the procedure and was recuperating.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, Twig's story began in a Tokyo hospital bed where Floyd Hartwig was recuperating after being shot in both legs during the Korean War.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

Barrett said losing both players in quick succession was a major blow and he felt disappointment for Cameron, who spent much of last season recuperating from a serious knee injury to his other leg.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Oliver was in Sweden recuperating from a debilitating stroke he had suffered in August 1989.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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