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minister

[min-uh-ster] / ˈmɪn ə stər /




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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in a social-media post that “any aggression against Iran, including our infrastructure, will compel a powerful and decisive response.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Modi has not spoken publicly about the protests, but a cabinet minister said he had promised to take the "strongest possible steps" to protect the interest of the students.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

She added if she wasn't made a minister under Burnham she would return to Labour's backbenches.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has announced Mykhailo Drapaty as the country's new commander-in-chief, following a political crisis triggered by Zelensky's surprise ousting of a young modernising defence minister.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Uhmma puts down her spoon and says, Grace Church is just starting and the minister is a very welcoming and understanding man.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

The first and deputy first ministers had called for NIE Networks to make voluntary compensation payments, but it declined to do so.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Burnham has told his cabinet he wants to lead a "cost of living government", and that to make that happen, ministers should be "prepared to reprioritise" how they allocate their budgets.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks about Iran with his ministers and security chiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

But he conceded that funding new announcements ahead of his first Budget, where big tax decisions are made, would require ministers to be "prepared to reprioritise" how they allocate their budgets.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

These, God’s ministers, had indeed grown fat, and their dress was rich and various.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Powe’s relatives belonged to the Knights, named for a 17th century Spanish Jesuit who ministered to enslaved people in Colombia and is the country’s patron saint.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2025

Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2024

I was sick all day Sunday, ministered to by my girlfriend, who fed me chicken soup and bathed my head with wet washcloths.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2023

One of them, Sister Jeannine Gramick, has ministered to LGBTQ+ Catholics for more than 50 years and is a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, which advocates on their behalf.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

There, as they began to die of beriberi, diphtheria, smallpox, cholera, and torture, Duckworth ministered to them as chaplain even as he worked side by side with them.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Describing her experience ministering as a person of colour, Rev Eileen Cremin said it was "overall positive".

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

The region’s Catholic institutions responded to last year’s aggressive raids with an outpouring of charity, reorganizing many food pantries around grocery delivery and ministering directly to communities many described as under siege.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2024

He kept thinking of her in that cabin, ministering to the bronze girl, all concern and kindness.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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