hospitalizing

present participle of hospitalize
as in treating
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 hospitalizing An overnight police chase in Miramar ended with a black SUV overturning into a Tesla dealership parking lot, injuring one and hospitalizing another, authorities say. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 Lillian once fought back with an iron skillet and beat Q unconscious, hospitalizing him. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026 Last night, an Air Canada airplane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and hospitalizing scores of passengers. Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated. Andrea Uhlig, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026 Derek Borsody, a first-year medical student at UC, remains unconscious, unresponsive and in intensive care months after a balcony fell about 20 feet from a Stetson Street condominium, hospitalizing 10 people, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026 Statewide, the virus seems to be hospitalizing more children than in past years, Graham said. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026 As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025 Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC. Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Second, stop treating weather as a static forecast and start treating it as a real-time AI signal.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Democratic Socialists of America may be on the upswing, but that organization’s position on Israel — in effect treating it as a revisionist state a la North Korea — still holds little traction on Capitol Hill.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Quarterback Quinn Ewers, who is nursing a groin injury, missed his second straight practice….
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
  • With Chamarri Conner nursing a knee injury, Jaden Hicks and Alohi Gilman were stationed as the top safeties.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Among those attending the camp was the 14-year-old from Spain, who is now expected to join Barcelona from Manchester City after winning the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2026 World Cup.
    Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Nielsen, in its report, says cities like Cincinnati, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland achieved their scores thanks to the number of fans listening on local radio, watching on television, or attending games, relative to the size of their markets.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Hospitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalizing. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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