hospitalized

past tense of hospitalize
as in treated
to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.

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Recent Examples of hospitalized Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee earlier this week, remains hospitalized in critical condition, her lawyers said in a new statement Friday. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 As of Thursday night, Pike was hospitalized in the Nashville area, where hospital staff were working to remove pentobarbital from her system, the filing said. — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 The third victim remains hospitalized in stable condition, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 The plane landed in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, where the pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Robles, who police said was hospitalized for a hand injury after turning himself in, was held without bail on Thursday by Judge Sheridan Jack-Browne, who also ordered a psychiatric evaluation. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 The woman injured in the shooting remained hospitalized Thursday, though her condition was unknown. — Christopher Placek, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 The deputy was hospitalized in fair condition, Gonzalez said. — Jarrod Wardwell, Houston Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2026 The man told investigators his child also became ill in September 2025 and had to be hospitalized. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Staffers also expressed concerns about fiscal implications if bedbugs would come home with workers and require them to pay for their homes to be treated.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Palestinians are also clear that any near-term solution must include a credible route to independent statehood; a Palestinian state must not be treated as a possible reward at the end of a long and uncertain path.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Eli wore skateboard shoes and nursed a giant bottle of Diet Mountain Dew.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki's Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • About 285,000 attended last year, making the United States the festival’s largest source of overseas visitors.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Hospitalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalized. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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