as in to minister (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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When plants fail to perform as expected, gardeners often reach for fertilizer or the watering hose, trying to nurse plants into production.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025 -
Rebekka Card was nursing her 4-month-old son, Hayden, when the unthinkable happened.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Lupita Nyong'o stars as Roz, a service robot who washes up on a small island with no human inhabitants and must figure out how to adapt her programming to the wilderness while mothering a baby goose.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
23 May 2025
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One of her reasons for leaving was to focus on mothering her two daughters.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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The victim, who both outlets reported is from Winter Park, was transported to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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These drugs also treat heart failure and kidney disease.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
8 July 2025
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“Administer (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administer%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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