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sanatorium

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Recent Examples of sanatorium Thousands of patients passed through the sanatorium before antibiotics dramatically reduced tuberculosis deaths. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026 My favorite hike happened to start at my favorite hotel, Rooms Kazbegi, an old Soviet sanatorium that’s been given a glow-up. — Lori Rackl, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Investigators, however, have not been able to find records of patients from the time the sanatorium closed. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sanatorium

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That quickly comes in handy when Clancy, a sadistic guard, tells the inmates they’re being shipped to the infamous sanitarium Saint Mabyn’s.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The estate later transitioned into a sanitarium that hosted the likes of Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

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Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs issued a statement saying that the service member — assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 — was injured at the stadium and died at a local hospital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
Italian designer Matteo Thun was responsible for the makeover of what used to be a sanitorium.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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