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[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

Riley remains the councillor for Chepstow's Bulwark and Thornwell ward but will sit as an independent.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

She's heading upwards, towards a new outdoor ward on the roof of the hospital.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

An increase in plankton in the water drawn from the boreholes around the ship—a sure sign of approaching spring—didn’t ward off the suspense that all the men now felt.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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