minister
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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
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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
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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
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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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