as in ministered (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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Luke Kennard scored 23 points for Los Angeles, which nursed a small lead throughout the fourth quarter of Game 2.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026 -
On Wednesday, SeaWorld personnel released five birds and two sea lions that had been nursed back to health back into the ocean.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The tech is terrifying, but it’s treated matter-of-factly, played for barked laughs.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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When unhoused people are treated as criminals, they are pushed into an identity of exclusion rather than belonging.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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His right hind leg healed, but then the disease went after both his front hooves.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Every mother who has sacrificed, healed, protected, cried, laughed, and loved with her whole heart.—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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“Administered (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administered%20%28to%29. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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