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[wawrd] / wɔrd /




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Nathaniel Menday was elected to represent the Woodhouse ward on Sheffield City Council in last week's local elections.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

With the hantavirus antibody, the aim would be to give it to people exposed to the virus, to either ward off infection or limit the severity of any illness, Chandran said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The couple were taken from theatre to a private room back through the labour ward where other women were giving birth.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Perhaps it should be emphasized that the company does not in fact specialize in farce, since the sight of Orpheus stumbling through a mental ward clutching his dead wife’s red shoe was fairly funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He dashed down the winding stair as fast as he dared, crossed the inner ward to the Hall, thump, slip, thump, slip, and then to the solar to find Sir Peter.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli




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