nanny
Example Sentences
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"If Singapore is a nanny state, then I'm proud to have fostered one," Lee Kuan Yew famously wrote in one of his books.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
When the gold medal was confirmed, she embraced her two boys, who are both deaf, and the nanny of her children.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
The weekly cost of a nanny, meanwhile, averaged $936 a week last year.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
“I’m a nanny, and I pick up a couple of kids from their preschool and I know and love so many kids with parents in pretty tenuous situations,” said McElroy, who is Irish American.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
One girl left with a broken leg after slipping on a bar of soap Pilar dropped while the nanny was bathing her in the sink.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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