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sanitorium

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as in sanatorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium 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 My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors. — Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020 On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire Staten Island's Sea View sanitorium was abandoned in the 1970s and has laid in ruins, devoured by the surrounding vegetation for many decades. — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016

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The daughter, incidentally, is a tuberculosis patient in a Swiss sanatorium (shades of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, which had appeared to great acclaim only five years earlier).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The site was home to a sanatorium for internal diseases in the early 20th century, founded by the physician Theodor Büdingen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

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Israeli strikes in central and southern Gaza killed two Palestinians and wounded several others, according to hospital officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Cherished relatives died alone in hospital rooms surrounded by sterile machines and an ever-rotating set of masked medical personnel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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This is where her path intersects with home-hospice worker Ben (Joey Pollari, a recent Murphy favorite who’s appeared in two Monsters and The Beauty within the past year), whom Constance mentors in the art of giving sponge baths.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
Vanderhoff was transferred to in-home hospice care at the end of July.

— Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026

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