sanitarium
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Their mother is stuck in a nearby sanitarium, suffering from an undisclosed illness.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Doctors urged him to enter a sanitarium for treatment, but Slim refused and headed for the desert, although doctors warned him he would be dead in a year.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023
A decrepit drive-in movie theater screens a 1947 noir spoof, “My Favorite Brunette,” for seemingly no other reason, possibly, than that Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour get locked up in a sanitarium.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2022
The sanitarium was a heath and wellness resort, often visited by the rich and famous looking to improve their lifestyle.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022
It faced in the direction of Bellevue, the sanitarium where Mary Todd Lincoln was forced to stay for a while in the 1870s.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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