as in to administer (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice
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Hours after being treated at the hospital for his injuries and released from jail, LaBeouf was back out on the streets of New Orleans in a fresh outfit and nursing a beer.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Presumably, Ser Arlan helped nurse Dunk back to health, then just let the boy stick around.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Key strands of the film are about mothering with laser focus on the parents played by Okonedo and Mallen.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, Pearl continues to mother him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Everyone’s treating my family good.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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But there is another path forward—one that treats AI not as a substitute for human capacity, but as an augment to it.—
David Stout,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Minister (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minister%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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