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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There was tension to endure soon after half-time as Sparta Rotterdam equalized against PSV while Ajax nursed a one-goal lead at home against FC Twente to give it temporary command over the table.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
19 May 2025 -
Eight hours later, Bickel was still there, nursing a beer on the patio while watching federal agents down the street walk in and out of the suspect’s house.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Dana is really mothering to her fullest at the top of the hour.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.—
James Factora,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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The visitor from Cape Coral was treated for minor injuries.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The lesson is the same: chronic disease management doesn’t work if systems don’t talk, if data isn’t used and if patients are treated episodically rather than holistically.—
Boris Berat,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Administer (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administer%20%28to%29. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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