as in ministering (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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Notable — Stout, already nursing a shoulder injury, also injured an ankle late in practice Thursday.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025 -
These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Fortunately, the feline is healing incredibly well, and the vet even gave her some adorable pink ears made of wool.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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While political violence decreased, his heavy-handed rule papered over France’s wounds without healing them.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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In May, Forward Alliance launched an iCanHelp app teeming with information, from the nearest emergency shelter to survival planning and instructions for treating pediatric blast injuries.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Over the summer the FDA convened a panel on the safety of certain antidepressants in pregnancy that tried to cast doubt on this research, ignoring the real harms of not treating depression or anxiety for pregnant people themselves and for their fetuses.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Administering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administering%20%28to%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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