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ward

[wawrd] / wɔrd /




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Yes, the same ward where Ken Kesey wrote “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Another midwife recalled being told she had to return to the labour ward to deliver babies, after she had personally experienced a late miscarriage.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

That has been the U.S. standard to ward off nuclear-weapons proliferation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Back surgery and a heart valve replacement in the past few years have turned her condominium outside Boston into a recovery ward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

By now he would be out of the sick ward and able to go on an excursion to the movies, and afterward to the hotel where they had eaten dinner on the first visit.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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