as in administering (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice
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Smith has experience playing both guard and tackle for the Dolphins and those skills will be needed is Brewer suffers a setback with the ankle, neck and knee injury he’s been nursing for the past couple of weeks.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
7 Dec. 2025 -
Callie is nursing a broken heart and feeling down on all things Christmas.—
Jenny Bayliss,
PEOPLE,
7 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer Lopez is still healing.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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The animals recovered from the home were also found in less than ideal conditions, but are now healing.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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That one sentence can shift the focus from treating a disease to treating a person.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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For Vasquez, 29, treating Jesse with Spinraza was an easy choice.—
Ciara McCarthy
June 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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“Ministering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministering%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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