convalescent
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Cho was downtown after walking off from a convalescent home around 11:55 p.m. on Sunday when he grabbed a bag that Wilder was holding, the prosecutor’s office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Born in Helsinki, Schjerfbeck permanently injured her hip in a childhood fall and apparently began to draw as a convalescent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
It then saw periods of use as a hunting lodge, World War Two convalescent hospital and a finishing school owned by a New Zealand-born spy who survived imprisonment in Colditz.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
She bounced around, from LA’s notorious Skid Row to various convalescent homes while her daughter lived at a shelter.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
I was to have three weeks’ convalescent leave and then return to the front.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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