ward
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Hartnett notes that central banks are tightening as they try to restore credibility and ward off the surge in bond yields.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The relatively affluent ward four now has the most births.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
By the time she returned to Japan in 1973, however, Kusama was burned out, and checked herself into a psychiatric ward where she lived for the rest of her life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
His wife was waiting to undergo a caesarean section at the ward, which serves patients on modest incomes, but was told that she had to take her baby and leave after the procedure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I know, Abuela. Like the way you’re always trying to ward off the evil eye.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Just a few metres away, life was returning to the hospital, with patients admitted to wards while doctors and nurses bustled around the facility's maze-like corridors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
For two decades, the only shield against respiratory syncytial virus, which fills pediatric wards each winter, was a drug called Synagis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They work in rural clinics and hospital wards across the world, from small Caribbean islands to as far away as Italy, where poor, rural communities rely on Cuban doctors to offer basic health services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Fewer people can also lead to fewer services, such as shops, maternity wards, and schools.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
We hope we don’t all end up in the wards before we see some action.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
These latest figures have warded off recession concerns, at least for now.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The men warded off thirst by sucking on buttons and kept warm by dipping their clothes into the bath-like sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Infrastructure like the Grapevine might’ve also warded her off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off secondary infections with Clostridioides difficile, a common and dangerous hospital-associated bacterial infection, and was effective against more than 130 multidrug-resistant bacterial strains in cell culture.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Dr. Tilson warded off a flurry of “How is she? Is she all right? What caused it? Can I go up?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
For Glapinski, warding off a combination of slow growth and rising inflation will require flexibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Praised for warding off pests, so-called bodega cats are also a cultural fixture for New Yorkers, some of whom are now pushing to enshrine legal rights for the little store helpers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Social media–savvy psychologists and life coaches have created a cottage industry of warding off and healing from narcissists.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
As public attention increases, researchers have the dual task of building better evidence and warding off misconceptions.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
It was a kind of duty, perhaps a way of adding a little good luck to the voyage, or warding off the bad.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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