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Van Noten ends his flower-gathering mission in the Rose Garden, which, in his country’s rain-sodden climate (and with the tender ministrations of the estate’s three full-time gardeners), has bloomed to opulent maturity in just three years.
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Audi engineers have had some fun fettling the underpinnings of the GT, which, with all the ministrations of carbon fiber, carbon-ceramic brakes, and whatnot, loses a mere 33 pounds and weighs in at a still substantial 4,565 pounds.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
On this occasion, the diversions include the ministrations of choreographer JaQuel Knight, a veteran of Beyoncé’s productions, who puts the dancers through explosive workouts, in hip-hop and house-dancing sequences.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
When the engine ran worse (or not at all) after these ministrations, there was one rule to remember: The problem is always the ignition system.
—Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
But Finn is pulled from his ministrations by the news of the suicide of his mentally unstable ex-girlfriend, Lily.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 16 June 2023
Hippolyte was perfectly happy, nimbly trotting about on his clubfoot, and had no need of Bovary’s ministrations.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Some people in power can be brought onboard—converted by campaign donations or the noisy ministrations of crypto investors who consider themselves single-issue voters.
—Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
Of course, the fostering works in the other direction, too: Klára answering Aldó’s fatherly ministrations with a style of care and attention that — if not technically spousal — suggests a mature awareness for what has been wrenched from his life.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Audi engineers have had some fun fettling the underpinnings of the GT, which, with all the ministrations of carbon fiber, carbon-ceramic brakes, and whatnot, loses a mere 33 pounds and weighs in at a still substantial 4,565 pounds.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
On this occasion, the diversions include the ministrations of choreographer JaQuel Knight, a veteran of Beyoncé’s productions, who puts the dancers through explosive workouts, in hip-hop and house-dancing sequences.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
When the engine ran worse (or not at all) after these ministrations, there was one rule to remember: The problem is always the ignition system.
—Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
But Finn is pulled from his ministrations by the news of the suicide of his mentally unstable ex-girlfriend, Lily.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 16 June 2023
Hippolyte was perfectly happy, nimbly trotting about on his clubfoot, and had no need of Bovary’s ministrations.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Some people in power can be brought onboard—converted by campaign donations or the noisy ministrations of crypto investors who consider themselves single-issue voters.
—Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
Of course, the fostering works in the other direction, too: Klára answering Aldó’s fatherly ministrations with a style of care and attention that — if not technically spousal — suggests a mature awareness for what has been wrenched from his life.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
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“Ministration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ministration. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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