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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalizing
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  • While safety and code compliance matter, treating high-profile participants with escalating six-figure penalties risks chilling the very partners that amplify San Diego’s largest annual economic event.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What’s new is how quickly the beverage industry is treating it as a category of its own, and how many consumers are buying in.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Herrick showed great character to play the full match despite nursing a knock to his right calf.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Linebacker unit thinned out by injuries The left ankle injury Trey Moore sustained in Miami’s 26-3 loss to the Giants on Saturday means three of the four viable starters in this unit are nursing an injury.
    Omar Kelly August 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • For creators, attending a Grand Slam can signal something to their audiences beyond an interest in tennis; for brands, the appeal lies partly in associating themselves with that cachet.
    Jessica Schiffer, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
  • News first leaked that Cohen would be making another Ali G project in July and he was spotted in character attending Wimbledon.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Hospitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalizing. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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