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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Brandon Aiyuk is recovering from a torn ACL, and up until recently, Jauan Jennings had been nursing a calf issue.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Mission Viejo was playing without Miami committed receiver Vance Spafford, who is nursing an ankle injury.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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Carlo is credited with healing a 4-year-old Brazilian boy who had a serious pancreatic malformation and a 21-year-old Costa Rican woman who was near death after a bicycle accident.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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June Shaver's skin grafts were still healing, with scarring and related swelling only now starting, Larry Shaver said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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To add to the trick-or-treating experience, the museum will create pretend doors throughout the museum.—
Virginia Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lower-income diners, however, are cutting back, Kempczinski argued in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, treating fast food less as a daily convenience and more as an occasional splurge.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Administering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administering%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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