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hospitalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of hospitalize

as in nurses

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 hospitalizes Flu still hospitalizes and kills tens of thousands of Americans annually. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates this virus alone hospitalizes up to 80,000 children annually. — Michael Cromer, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 Measles still hospitalizes children. — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Nov. 2025

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After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.

— Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025

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Truist treats employee retention as an active, daily mission rather than a passive corporate policy, according to Rogers.

— Chase Jordan July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
The comms plan that treats independent media as a secondary consideration is the comms plan that underperforms.

— Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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Like his two older siblings before him, Louis attends the Lambrook school near the family’s Berkshire home.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Dule Hill attends the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Celebrity event at Honda Center on July 11 in Anaheim, California.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

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